Biology:Amphiops

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Short description: Species of aquatic beetle

Amphiops
Amphiops senegalensis (10.3897-zookeys.656.11622) Figure 11.jpg
Amphiops senegalensis Fig 11. from Zookeys[1]
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Hydrophilidae
Tribe: Amphiopini
Genus: Amphiops
Erichson, 1843

Amphiops is a genus of aquatic beetles in the tribe Amphiopini of the family Hydrophilidae, first described by Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson in 1843.[2][3]

They occur only in Africa, Asia and Australia .[4] In Australia they are found in the Northern Territory, Western Australia and Queensland,[2] in wet tropical areas.[4]

Species

(source GBIF)[5]

  • Amphiops australicus (Blackburn, 1898)
  • Amphiops austrinus Watts, 1998
  • Amphiops caristripus Jia & Feng-Long, 1994
  • Amphiops coelopunctatus Jia & Feng-Long, 2014
  • Amphiops confusus Régimbart, 1903
  • Amphiops coomani Orchymont, 1926
  • Amphiops duplopunctatus (Blackburn, 1898)
  • Amphiops gibbus (Illiger, 1801)
  • Amphiops globus Erichson, 1843
  • Amphiops lasioides Régimbart, 1903
  • Amphiops mater Sharp, 1873
  • Amphiops micropunctatus Watts, 1998
  • Amphiops mirabilis Sharp, 1890
  • Amphiops namibicus Hebauer, 1995
  • Amphiops phallicus Orchymont, 1936
  • Amphiops queenslandicus J.Balfour-Browne, 1939
  • Amphiops senegalensis (Laporte de Castelnau, 1840)
  • Amphiops simplex Sharp, 1890
  • Amphiops uhligi Hebauer, 1995
  • Amphiops wittei Orchymont, 1941

References

Wikidata ☰ Q21076275 entry