''Sandracottus'' is a genus of
beetle
Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...
s in the family
Dytiscidae
The Dytiscidae, from the Ancient Greek word δυτικός (''dystikos''), meaning "able to dive", are the predaceous diving beetles, a family of water beetles. They occur in virtually any freshwater habitat around the world, but a few species l ...
containing eleven species.
These aquatic beetles are found in ponds and slow streams from
South Asia
South Asia is the southern Subregion#Asia, subregion of Asia that is defined in both geographical and Ethnicity, ethnic-Culture, cultural terms. South Asia, with a population of 2.04 billion, contains a quarter (25%) of the world's populatio ...
east to southern Japan, and south to Australia.
They are generally about long and often have distinctive markings.
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Species
The genus contains the following 11 accepted species and one subspecies:[
* '' 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)
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References
Dytiscidae genera
Dytiscidae
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