Sternolophus is a genus of water scavenger beetles in the family Hydrophilidae containing nine described species in two subgenera.[1]
Sternolophus | |
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S. inconspicuus from Sri Lanka | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Hydrophilidae |
Tribe: | Hydrophilini |
Genus: | Sternolophus Solier, 1834 |
Species
editThese nine species belong to the genus Sternolophus:
- Subgenus Neosternolophus Zaitzev, 1909:
- Sternolophus angolensis (Erichson, 1843)
- Sternolophus australis Watts, 1989
- Sternolophus immarginatus Orchymont, 1911
- Sternolophus inconspicuus (Nietner, 1856)
- Sternolophus marginicollis (Hope, 1841)
- Subgenus Sternolophus Solier, 1834:
- Sternolophus decens Zaitzev, 1909
- Sternolophus rufipes (Fabricius, 1792)
- Sternolophus solieri Castelnau, 1840
- Sternolophus unicolor Castelnau, 1840
References
edit- ^ Hansen, Michael (1999). World Catalogue of Insects Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea (s. str.) (Coleoptera). Stenstrup: Apollo Books. ISBN 8788757315.