Allocotocerus

Allocotocerus is a genus of water beetles in the family Hydrophilidae, first described by Ernst Gustav Kraatz in 1883.[1][2] The decision for synonymy is based on Hansen (1999).[1][3]

Allocotocerus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Hydrophilidae
Tribe: Berosini
Genus: Allocotocerus
Kraatz, 1883
Type species
Allocotocerus bedeli[1]
Synonyms[1]

Globaria Latreille, 1829
Spheroides Hope, 1838

The Australian beetles of this genus are found in Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland.[1]

Watts[4] separates the three genera of Hydrophilidae (Amphiops, Allocotocerus, and Regimbartia) which occur in Australia, by describing species from the genus Allocotocerus as being black, of length 3.5—4.5 mm, having meso- and meta-tibiae with swimming hairs, normal eyes, and elytra as long as high and having almost no striae.

Species

(as listed by GBIF)[5]

  • Allocotocerus bedeli Kraatz, 1883
  • Allocotocerus indicus (Jayaswal, 1972)
  • Allocotocerus kapuri (Jayaswal, 1972)
  • Allocotocerus leachii (Hope, 1838)
  • Allocotocerus magnus Hebauer, 2002
  • Allocotocerus mistus (Orchymont, 1939)
  • Allocotocerus muelleri (Kirsch, 1875)
  • Allocotocerus myronius (Orchymont, 1939)
  • Allocotocerus narayanus Hebauer, 2002
  • Allocotocerus nigellus Chûjô & Satô, 1964
  • Allocotocerus nitidus (Guérin-Méneville, 1834)
  • Allocotocerus punctatus (Blackburn, 1888)
  • Allocotocerus segrex (Orchymont, 1939)
  • Allocotocerus semirotundus (Orchymont, 1939)
  • Allocotocerus senectus (Orchymont, 1939)
  • Allocotocerus seriatus (Régimbart, 1906)
  • Allocotocerus simplex (Régimbart, 1906)
  • Allocotocerus sisarus (Orchymont, 1939)
  • Allocotocerus sobrinus (Orchymont, 1942)
  • Allocotocerus soesilae (Makhan, 2007)
  • Allocotocerus striatopunctatus (Laporte de Castelnau, 1840)
  • Allocotocerus subaeneus (Erichson, 1843)
  • Allocotocerus subditus (Orchymont, 1939)
  • Allocotocerus subopacus (Régimbart, 1903)
  • Allocotocerus tibialis (J.Balfour-Browne, 1939)
  • Allocotocerus tubipennis (Jayaswal, 1972)
  • Allocotocerus yalumbaboothbyi Watts, 1998

References
  1. "Australian Faunal Directory: Allocotocerus". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  2. G. Kraatz (July 1883). "Allocotocerus nov. gen.Hydrophilidarum". Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. 1883 (2): 14-15 [14]. ISSN 1435-1951. Wikidata Q56088533.
  3. Michael Hansen (1999). Michael Hansen (ed.). World catalogue of insects. Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea (s. str.) (Coleoptera). pp. [98]. ISBN 978-87-88757-31-6. ISSN 1398-8700. OL 9171541M. Wikidata Q98651402. {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)
  4. Chris H.S. Watts (1998). "Revision of Australian Amphiops Erichson, Allocotocerus Kraatz and Regimbartia Zaitzev (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)". Records of the South Australian Museum. 30 (2): 93–106 [93]. ISSN 0376-2750. Wikidata Q113483570.
  5. "Allocotocerus Kraatz, 1883". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 10 August 2022.


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