Biology:Allocotocerus

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Short description: Genus of water beetles

Allocotocerus
Allocotocerus (10.3897-zookeys.656.11622) Figure 13.jpg
Scientific classification e
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

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]

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

Wikidata ☰ Q21216389 entry