Sandracottus is a genus of beetles in the family Dytiscidae. These aquatic beetles are found in ponds and slow streams from South Asia east to southern Japan, and south to Australia.[1] They are generally about 1–1.5 cm (0.4–0.6 in) long and often have distinctive markings.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Dytiscidae |
| Genus: | Sandracottus Sharp, 1882 |
Species edit
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The genus contains the following 16 accepted species:[2]
- Sandracottus angulifer Heller, 1934
- Sandracottus bakewellii (Clark, 1864)
- Sandracottus bizonatus Régimbart, 1899
- Sandracottus chevrolati (Aubé, 1838)
- Sandracottus dejeanii (Aubé, 1838)
- Sandracottus femoralis Heller, 1934
- Sandracottus festivus (Illiger, 1802)
- Sandracottus guerini J.Balfour-Browne, 1939
- Sandracottus insignis (Wehncke, 1876)
- Sandracottus jaechi Wewalka & Vazirani, 1985
- Sandracottus maculatus (Wehncke, 1876)
- Sandracottus manipurensis Vazirani, 1969
- Sandracottus mixtus (Blanchard, 1843)
- Sandracottus nauticus Sharp, 1882
- Sandracottus palawanensis Satô, 1979
- Sandracottus rotundus Sharp, 1882
This species was recently described, but its status is uncertain:
- Sandracottus vijayakumari Anand et al., 2021[3]
References edit
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- ^ a b Miller, K.B.; J. Bergsten (2016). Diving Beetles of the World: Systematics and Biology of the Dytiscidae. JHU Press. pp. 130–131. ISBN 978-1-4214-2054-7.
- ^ Nilsson, Anders N.; Hájek, Jiří (2021). "A World Catalogue of the Family Dytiscidae or the Diving Beetles (Coleoptera, Adephaga)" (PDF) (1.I.2021 ed.).
- ^ Anand, P.P.; Ashiq, P.P.; Smitha, M.; Adhithya, M.; Tibin, T.; Suresh, V. (2021). "Sandracottus vijayakumari (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae), a new aquatic beetle species from landslide hit area of Nelliyampathy Forest Range, Western Ghats, Kerala, India". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 13 (3): 17999–18003. doi:10.11609/jott.6193.13.3.17999-18003.
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