Amphiops is a genus of aquatic beetles in the tribe Amphiopini of the family Hydrophilidae, first described by Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson in 1843.[1][2]
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| Amphiops senegalensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Hydrophilidae |
| Tribe: | Amphiopini |
| Genus: | Amphiops Erichson, 1843 |
Species of the genus occur in Africa, Asia and Australia.[3] In Australia they are found in the Northern Territory, Western Australia and Queensland,[1] in wet tropical areas.[3]
Species
editThe following species are recognised in the genus Amphiops:[4]
- 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
edit- ^ a b "Australian Faunal Directory: Amphiops". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ^ Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson (1843). "Beitrag zur Insecten-Fauna von Angola, in besondere Beziehung zur geographischen Verbreitung der Insecten in Afrika". Archiv für Naturgeschichte (in German). 9 (1): 199–267 [229]. ISSN 0365-6136. Wikidata Q113484480.
- ^ a b Slipinski, Adam; Lawrence, John (1 November 2019). Australian Beetles Volume 2: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga (part). Csiro Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4863-1140-8.
- ^ "Amphiops Erichson, 1843". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
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