Adephaga

Elaphrus fuliginosus

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Superclassis: Allotriocarida
Classis: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Adephaga
Familiae (12 + 6†): Amphizoidae – Aspidytidae – Carabidae – Cicindelidae – Dytiscidae – Gyrinidae – Haliplidae – Hygrobiidae – Meruidae – Noteridae – Rhysodidae – Trachypachidae – †Colymbotethidae – †Coptoclavidae – †Liadytidae – †Parahygrobiidae – †Triaplidae – †Tritarsidae
Genus incertae sedis: †Protodytiscus
[source: Bouchard et al. (2011); Duran & Gough (2020)]

Clades

Geadephaga – Hydradephaga
Superfamiliae incertae sedis: †Triaploidea
Note: Cladi and superfamiliae not used by Bouchard et al. (2011)

Name

Adephaga Schellenberg, 1806

References

Additional references

• Beutel, R.G. Ribera, I. & Balke, M. 2010. 3. Adephaga (addendum). Introduction and phylogeny. P. 21 in: Leschen, R.A.B.; Beutel, R.G.; Lawrence, J.F. (volume eds.) Coleoptera, beetles. Volume 2: Morphology and systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim). In: Kristensen, N.P. & Beutel, R.G. (eds.) Handbook of zoology. A natural history of the phyla of the animal kingdom. Volume IV. Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-019075-5.
• Beutel, R.G. & Ribera, I. 2005. 7. Adephaga Schellenberg, 1806. Pp. 53-55 in: Beutel, R.G. & Leschen, R.A.B. (volume eds.) Coleoptera, beetles. Volume 1: Morphology and systematics (Archostemata, Adephaga, Myxophaga, Polyphaga partim). In: Kristensen, N.P. & Beutel, R.G. (eds.) Handbook of zoology. A natural history of the phyla of the animal kingdom. Volume IV. Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 3-11-017130-9. Contents. Limited preview.
• Beutel, R.G., Ribera, I. & Bininda-Emonds, O.R.P. 2008. A genus-level supertree of Adephaga (Coleoptera). Organisms diversity & evolution 7: 255–269. PDF.
• Beutel, R.G., Wang, B., Tan, J.-J., Ge, S.-Q., Ren, D. & Yang, X-K. 2012. On the phylogeny and evolution of Mesozoic and extant lineages of Adephaga (Coleoptera, Insecta). Cladistics 29(2): 147–165. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2012.00420.x Reference page. 
• Bouchard, P., Bousquet, Y., Davies, A.E., Alonso-Zarazaga, M.A., Lawrence, J.F., Lyal, C.H.C., Newton, A.F., Reid, C.A.M., Schmitt, M., Ślipiński, S.A. & Smith, A.B.T. 2011. Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta). ZooKeys 88: 1–972. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.88.807 . PMC: 3088472 . Reference page. 
• Bousquet, Y. 2012. Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.245.3416 . Reference page. 
• Darilmaz, M.C., Incekara, Ü. & Vafaei, R. 2013. Contributions to the knowledge of Iranian aquatic Adephaga (Coleoptera). Spixiana 36(1): 149–152. Full article (PDF).
• Dressler, C. & Beutel, R.G. 2010. The morphology and evolution of the adult head of Adephaga (Insecta: Coleoptera). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 68(2): 239–287. Reference page. 
• Duran, D.P. & Gough, H.M. 2020. Validation of tiger beetles as distinct family (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae), review and reclassification of tribal relationships. Systematic Entomology 45(4): 723–729. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12440 . Reference page. 
• Hunt, T., Bergsten, J., Levkanicova, Z., Papadopoulou, A., St. John, O., Wild, R., Hammond, P.M., Ahrens, D., Balke, M., Caterino, M.S., Gomez-Zurita, J., Ribera, I., Barraclough, T.G., Bocakova, M., Bocak, L. & Vogler, A.P. 2007. A comprehensive phylogeny of beetles reveals the evolutionary origins of a superradiation. Science 318: 1913–1916. DOI: 10.1126/science.1146954
• Kirejtshuk, A.G. & Prokin, A.A. 2018. The Position of the Palaeozoic Genus Tunguskagyrus Yan, Beutel et Lawrence in the Family Triaplidae sensu n. (Coleoptera, Archostemata: Schizophoroidea). Entomological Review 98: 872–882. DOI: 10.1134/S0013873818070084 . Reference page. 
• Löbl, I. & Smetana, A. 2003–2004. Catalogue of Palearctic Coleoptera Vol. 1 ed., p. 26. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark. ISBN 87-88757-73-0. Online (MS Word).
• Maddison, D.R., Moore, W., Baker, M.D., Ellis, T.M., Ober, K.A., Cannone, J.J. & Gutell, R.R. 2009. Monophyly of terrestrial adephagan beetles as indicated by three nuclear genes (Coleoptera: Carabidae and Trachypachidae). Zoologica scripta 38: 43–62. DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00359.x PDF.
• Putshkov, A.V. & Martynov, A.V. 2017. The type-specimens of Caraboidea beetles (Coleoptera, Adephaga) deposited in the collections of the I.I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Zootaxa 4237(3): 471–516. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4237.3.3 Reference page. 
• Salah, M. & Cueto, J.A.R. 2015. An annotated checklist of the aquatic Adephaga (Coleoptera) of Egypt III. Noteridae, Haliplidae and Gyrinidae. Zootaxa 4052(2): 187–200. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4052.2.3 Preview (PDF). Reference page. 
• van Vondel, B.J., Ostovan, H. & Ghahari, H. 2017. An annotated checklist of Iranian Myxophaga (Hydroscaphidae, Sphaeriusidae) and Adephaga (Gyrinidae, Haliplidae, Noteridae, Rhysodidae) (Insecta: Coleoptera). Zootaxa 4216(3): 225–246. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4216.3.2 Reference page. 

Links

• Adephaga – Taxon details on Atlas of Living Australia (ALA).
• Australian Faunal Directory (AFD)
• Maddison, D.R. 1995. Adephaga. Ground beetles, tiger beetles, whirligigs, predacious diving beetles, wrinkled bark beetles, and others. Version 01 January 1995 Online (under construction) in The Tree of Life Web Project.
• Atlas of beetles of Russia. Online.

Vernacular names

العربية: خنافس مفترسة
čeština: Masožraví
English: Adephagans
español: Adéfaga
suomi: Petokuoriaiset
magyar: Ragadozó bogarak
日本語: オサムシ亜目 (食肉亜目)
한국어: 식육아목
lietuvių: Plėšrieji vabalai
македонски: Месојадни бубачки
polski: Chrząszcze drapieżne
русский: Плотоядные жуки
svenska: Rovskalbaggar
українська: Хижі жуки
中文: 肉食亚目

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