Sandracottus (beetle)

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
Sandracottus femoralis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Dytiscidae
Subfamily:	Dytiscinae
Tribe:	Aciliini
Genus:	Sandracottus Sharp, 1882

Species

Sandracottus chevrolati

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)

References

1. Hendrich, Lars; Brancucci, Michel (2025). "Revision of the Oriental and Australasian diving beetle genus Sandracottus Sharp, 1882 (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Dytiscinae)". ZooKeys (1223): 87–147. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1223.138220. PMC 11730086.
2. 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.