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Neptosternus

Neptosternus is a genus of diving beetles in the family Dytiscidae. There are more than 90 described species in Neptosternus, found mainly in Africa and Southern Asia.

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Neptosternus
Neptosternus schoedli
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Dytiscidae
Subfamily: Laccophilinae
Tribe: Laccophilini
Genus: Neptosternus
Sharp, 1882

Neptosternus is a genus of diving beetles in the family Dytiscidae. There are more than 90 described species in Neptosternus, found mainly in Africa and Southern Asia.1234

Species

These 98 species belong to the genus Neptosternus:

  • Neptosternus africanus Peschet, 1917 (Africa)
  • Neptosternus alluaudi Régimbart, 1903 (Africa)
  • Neptosternus annettae Hendrich & Balke, 2000 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus arnecornelii Hendrich & Balke, 2003 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus aterrimus Hendrich & Balke, 1997 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus babetteae Hendrich & Balke, 1997 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus bartolozzii Bilardo & Rocchi, 2012 (Africa)
  • Neptosternus batekensis Bilardo & Rocchi, 2010 (Africa)
  • Neptosternus bellus Hendrich & Balke, 1997 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus biharensis Vazirani, 1963 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus biltoni Hendrich & Balke, 1997 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus bimaculatus Hendrich & Balke, 1997 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus borneensis Hendrich & Balke, 1997 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus boukali Hendrich & Balke, 1999 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus brevior Régimbart, 1899 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus cebuensis Hendrich & Balke, 2000 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus ceylonicus Holmen & Vazirani, 1990 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus chumphon Balke & Hendrich, 1998 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus circumductus Régimbart, 1899 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus compsus Guignot, 1953 (Africa)
  • Neptosternus coomani Peschet, 1923 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus corporaali Zimmermann, 1924 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus distinctus Omer-Cooper, 1970 (Africa)
  • Neptosternus fasciatus Omer-Cooper, 1970 (Africa)
  • Neptosternus feryi Balke, Hendrich & C. M. Yang, 1997 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus hafti Hendrich & Balke, 1997 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus haibini Peng, Ji, Bian & Hájek, 2018 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus hedychrous Guignot, 1955 (Africa)
  • Neptosternus horai Vazirani, 1953 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus hydaticoides (Régimbart, 1877) (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus jacobsoni Zimmermann, 1927 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus jaechi Hendrich & Balke, 1997 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus jani Hendrich & Balke, 1997 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus kalimantanensis Hendrich & Balke, 1997 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus kaszabi Satô, 1972 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus kerala Hendrich & Balke, 1999 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus kodadai Hendrich & Balke, 1997 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus kolakaensis Balke & Hendrich, 1998 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus komareki Bilardo & Rocchi, 2012 (Africa)
  • Neptosternus krikkeni Hendrich & Balke, 1997 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus langoensis Bilardo & Rocchi, 2010 (Africa)
  • Neptosternus latissimus Balke, Hendrich & C. M. Yang, 1997 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus leyi Hendrich & Balke, 2000 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus longitarsis Bilardo & Rocchi, 2012 (Africa)
  • Neptosternus maculatus Hendrich & Balke, 1997 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus magnus Hendrich & Balke, 1997 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus malayanus Hendrich & Balke, 1997 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus maliensis Bilardo & Rocchi, 2012 (Africa)
  • Neptosternus manfredi Hendrich & Balke, 1997 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus martinae Hendrich & Balke, 2001 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus mazzoldii Hendrich & Balke, 1997 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus minimus Hendrich & Balke, 1997 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus moelleri Hendrich & Balke, 1997 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus montalbanensis Hendrich & Balke, 2000 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus muluensis Hendrich & Balke, 1997 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus namcattienensis Hendrich & Balke, 1997 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus neisiorum Hendrich & Balke, 1997 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus nigritus Hendrich & Balke, 1997 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus noteroides Hendrich & Balke, 1997 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus nuperus Guignot, 1954 (Africa)
  • Neptosternus oberthueri Régimbart, 1903 (Africa)
  • Neptosternus oblongus Régimbart, 1895 (Africa)
  • Neptosternus ornatus Sharp, 1882 (Africa)
  • Neptosternus pederzanii Bilardo & Rocchi, 2010 (Africa)
  • Neptosternus pocsi Satô, 1972 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus pseudocorporaali Hendrich & Balke, 1997 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus pseudohydaticoides Hendrich & Balke, 1997 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus pumicatus Guignot, 1949 (Africa)
  • Neptosternus punctatus Zhao, Hájek, Jia & Pang, 2012 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus pusillus Bilardo & Rocchi, 2016 (Africa)
  • Neptosternus quadrimaculatus Hendrich & Balke, 1997 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus rajasthanicus Vazirani, 1975 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus regimbarti Peschet, 1917 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus resartus Guignot, 1954 (Africa)
  • Neptosternus riedeli Hendrich & Balke, 1997 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus sabahensis Hendrich & Balke, 1997 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus sarawakensis Hendrich & Balke, 1997 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus schoedli Hendrich & Balke, 1997 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus siamensis Hendrich & Balke, 1997 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus simulator Omer-Cooper, 1970 (Africa)
  • Neptosternus sinharajaicus Holmen & Vazirani, 1990 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus sombuicus Guignot, 1954 (Africa)
  • Neptosternus starmuehlneri Wewalka, 1973 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus strnadi Hendrich & Balke, 1997 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus subopacus Guignot, 1956 (Africa)
  • Neptosternus sumatrensis Régimbart, 1895 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus susinii Bilardo & Rocchi, 2010 (Africa)
  • Neptosternus taiwanensis Hendrich & Balke, 1997 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus taprobanicus Sharp, 1890 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus thailandicus Hendrich & Balke, 1997 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus thiambooni Balke, Hendrich & C. M. Yang, 1997 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus togianensis Hendrich & Balke, 1997 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus tricuspis Guignot, 1954 (Africa)
  • Neptosternus verenae Hendrich & Balke, 1997 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus vietnamensis Hendrich & Balke, 1997 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus viktordulgeri Balke & Hendrich, 2001 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus wewalkai Balke, Hendrich & C. M. Yang, 1997 (Southern Asia)
  • Neptosternus winkelmanni Hendrich & Balke, 1997 (Southern Asia)
References

References

  1. "ITIS report, Neptosternus". Retrieved 2024-12-24.
  2. "GBIF, Neptosternus". Retrieved 2024-12-24.
  3. "Catalogue of Life, Neptosternus Sharp, 1882". Retrieved 2024-12-24.
  4. Nilsson, Anders N.; Hájek, Jiří (2021). A World Catalogue of the Family Dytiscidae, or the Diving Beetles (Coleoptera, Adephaga), Version 1.I.2021 (PDF) (Report). Retrieved 2024-07-17.