Sandracottus (beetle)
Genus of beetles
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Sandracottus is a genus of beetles in the family Dytiscidae containing eleven species.[1] These aquatic beetles are found in ponds and slow streams from South Asia east to southern Japan, and south to Australia.[2] They are generally about 1–1.5 cm (0.4–0.6 in) long and often have distinctive markings.[2]
| Sandracottus | |
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| Sandracottus femoralis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Dytiscidae |
| Subfamily: | Dytiscinae |
| Tribe: | Aciliini |
| Genus: | Sandracottus Sharp, 1882 |
Species
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The genus contains the following 11 accepted species and one subspecies:[1]
- Sandracottus bakewellii (Clark, 1864)
- Sandracottus bakewellii guttatus (Sharp, 1882)
- Sandracottus bizonatus (Régimbart, 1899)
- Sandracottus chevrolati (Aubé, 1838)
- Sandracottus dejeanii (Aubé, 1838)
- Sandracottus femoralis (Heller, 1934)
- Sandracottus festivus (Illiger, 1802)
- Sandracottus hunteri (Crotch, 1872)
- Sandracottus insignis (Wehncke, 1876)
- Sandracottus jaechi (Wewalka & Vazirani, 1985)
- Sandracottus maculatus (Wehncke, 1876)
- Sandracottus rotundus (Sharp, 1882)
