Sandracottus (beetle)

Sandracottus is a genus of beetles in the family Dytiscidae. These aquatic beetles are found in ponds and slow streams from South Asia east to southern Japan, and south to Australia.[1] They are generally about 1–1.5 cm (0.4–0.6 in) long and often have distinctive markings.[1]

Sandracottus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Dytiscidae
Genus: Sandracottus
Sharp, 1882

Species
Sandracottus guerini
Sandracottus mixtus

The genus contains the following 16 accepted species:[2]

  • Sandracottus angulifer Heller, 1934
  • Sandracottus bakewellii (Clark, 1864)
  • Sandracottus bizonatus Régimbart, 1899
  • Sandracottus chevrolati (Aubé, 1838)
  • Sandracottus dejeanii (Aubé, 1838)
  • Sandracottus femoralis Heller, 1934
  • Sandracottus festivus (Illiger, 1802)
  • Sandracottus guerini J.Balfour-Browne, 1939
  • Sandracottus insignis (Wehncke, 1876)
  • Sandracottus jaechi Wewalka & Vazirani, 1985
  • Sandracottus maculatus (Wehncke, 1876)
  • Sandracottus manipurensis Vazirani, 1969
  • Sandracottus mixtus (Blanchard, 1843)
  • Sandracottus nauticus Sharp, 1882
  • Sandracottus palawanensis Satô, 1979
  • Sandracottus rotundus Sharp, 1882

This species was recently described, but its status is uncertain:

  • Sandracottus vijayakumari Anand et al., 2021[3]

References
  1. Miller, K.B.; J. Bergsten (2016). Diving Beetles of the World: Systematics and Biology of the Dytiscidae. pp. 130–131. ISBN 978-1-4214-2054-7.
  2. Nilsson, Anders N.; Hájek, Jiří (2021). "A World Catalogue of the Family Dytiscidae or the Diving Beetles (Coleoptera, Adephaga)" (PDF) (1.I.2021 ed.).
  3. Anand, P.P.; Ashiq, P.P.; Smitha, M.; Adhithya, M.; Tibin, T.; Suresh, V. (2021). "Sandracottus vijayakumari (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae), a new aquatic beetle species from landslide hit area of Nelliyampathy Forest Range, Western Ghats, Kerala, India". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 13 (3): 17999–18003. doi:10.11609/jott.6193.13.3.17999-18003.
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