The Torrent Beetles of (Myxophaga: Torridincolidae) of South Africa

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CONTENTS

Introduction

Species list

Deleveinae

Torridincolinae

References

INTRODUCTION

The torrent beetles of South Africa are currently classified into one family, Torridincolidae. The list of species is compiled from Endrödy-Younga (1997). Information about water beetles and their phylogenetic position can be obtained from

The Coleoptera Page of The Tree of Life

Family: TORRIDINCOLIDAE

Subfamily: DELEVEINAE Endrödy-Younga 1997

1. Genus: DELEVEA Reichardt 1976
   1. D. bertrandi Reichardt

      Delevea bertrandi Reichardt 1976: 209-213
      Western Cape; November.

      
      
   2. D. namibensis Endrödy-Younga

      Delevea naibensis Endrödy-Younga 1997: 320-321
      Western Cape, to Namibia; August, September and January.

      
      
   
   

Subfamily: TORRIDINCOLINAE Endrödy-Younga 1997

1. Genus: TORRIDINCOLA Stephan 1964
   1. Torridincola spp.

      Steffan 1964, 1973:
      KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Province and Northwestern Province; **.

      
      
   
   

REFERENCES

Endrödy-Younga, S. 1997.

Active extraction of water-dissolved oxygen and descriptions of new taxa of Torridincolidae (Coleoptera: Myxophaga). Annals of the Transvaal Museum 36: 313-332.

Steffan, A.W. 1964.

Torridincolidae, coleopterum nova familia e regione aethiopica. Entomologische Zeitschrift 74: 193-200.

Steffan, A.W. 1973.

Torridincolidarum tres novae species e regione aethiopica (Coleoptera: Sphaeroidea). Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 87: 633-646.