Allocotocerus

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

Globaria Latreille, 1829
Aschnaia Makhan, 2007

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]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "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). Vol. 2. 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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