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Checklist for Superfamily Scirtoidea Fleming, 1821 (Clambids)
and region Southern Africa (Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
754
15371
60267
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
750
15333
60124
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
715
15096
59373
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
442
12146
51799
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
116
4223
17152
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
99
3729
14706
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
16
288
1015
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Scirtoidea
Fleming, 1821
Clambids, Plate-thigh and Marsh Beetles
1
7
9
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Southern Africa
1 Family width 9 Species
Scirtidae Fleming, 1821Marsh Beetle9SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Southern Africa
7 Genera with 9 Species
Contacyphon des Gozis, 18431SpeciesTaxom
Cyphon Paykull, 19763SpeciesTaxom
Elodes Latreille, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Hydrocyphon Redtenbacher, 20031SpeciesTaxom
Nyholmia Klausnitzer, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Prionocyphon Redtenbacher, 18251SpeciesTaxom
Sacodes LeConte, 18431SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Southern Africa
9 Species
Contacyphon obscurus Guérin-Ménev..., 1843
Cyphon caffer Boheman, 1851
Cyphon marginipennis Boheman, 1851
Cyphon obscurellus Klausnitzer, 1976Ashen milkvetch
Elodes maculicollis G. Horn, 1880
Hydrocyphon uenoi Yoshitomi & ..., 2003
Nyholmia confusa Brown, 1930
Prionocyphon discoideus Say, 1825
Sacodes pulchella Guérin-Ménev..., 1843

Subnodes of Scirtoidea with occurrences in Southern Africa
FamilyScirtidae
Fleming, 1821
Marsh Beetle, Marsh Beetles
7
9
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Scirtoidea at artfakta.se
Scirtoidea at dyntaxa.se
Scirtoidea at itis.gov