Adephaga

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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Cladus: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Cladus: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Adephaga
Familiae (17): Amphizoidae - Aspidytidae - Carabidae - Dytiscidae - Gyrinidae - Haliplidae - Hygrobiidae - Meruidae - Noteridae - Rhysodidae - Trachypachidae - †Colymbotethidae - †Coptoclavidae - †Liadytidae - †Parahygrobiidae - †Triaplidae - †Tritarsidae
[source: Bouchard et al. (2011)]

• Genus incertae sedis: †Protodytiscus

References

• Beutel, R.G.; Ribera, I.; Balke, M. 2010: 3. Adephaga (addendum). Introduction and phylogeny. P. 21 in: Leschen, R.A.B.; Beutel, R.G.; Lawrence, J.F. (volume eds.) Coleoptera, beetles. Volume 2: Morphology and systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim). In: Kristensen, N.P. & Beutel, R.G. (eds.) Handbook of zoology. A natural history of the phyla of the animal kingdom. Volume IV. Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 3110190753 ISBN 9783110190755
• Beutel, R.G.; Ribera, I. 2005: 7. Adephaga Schellenberg, 1806. Pp. 53-55 in: Beutel, R.G.; Leschen, R.A.B. (volume eds.) Coleoptera, beetles. Volume 1: Morphology and systematics (Archostemata, Adephaga, Myxophaga, Polyphaga partim). In: Kristensen, N.P. & Beutel, R.G. (eds.) Handbook of zoology. A natural history of the phyla of the animal kingdom. Volume IV. Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 3110171309 contents limited preview
• Beutel, R.G.; Ribera, I.; Bininda-Emonds, O.R.P. 2008: A genus-level supertree of Adephaga (Coleoptera). Organisms, diversity & evolution, 7: 255-269. PDF

• Bouchard, P. et al. 2011: Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta). ZooKeys, 88: 1-972. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.88.807 ISBN 978-954-642-583-6 (hardback) ISBN 978-954-642-584-3 (paperback) ZooBank
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• Dressler, C.; Beutel, R.G. 2010: The morphology and evolution of the adult head of Adephaga (Insecta: Coleoptera). Arthropod systematics & phylogeny, 68(2): 239-287. PDF
• Hunt, T.; Bergsten, J.; Levkanicova, Z.; Papadopoulou, A.; St. John, O.; Wild, R.; Hammond, P.M.; Ahrens, D.; Balke, M.; Caterino, M.S.; Gomez-Zurita, J.; Ribera, I.; Barraclough, T.G.; Bocakova, M.; Bocak, L.; Vogler, A.P. 2007: A comprehensive phylogeny of beetles reveals the evolutionary origins of a superradiation. Science, 318: 1913-1916. doi: 10.1126/science.1146954
• Maddison, D.R.; Moore, W.; Baker, M.D.; Ellis, T.M.; Ober, K.A.; Cannone, J.J.; Gutell, R.R. 2009: Monophyly of terrestrial adephagan beetles as indicated by three nuclear genes (Coleoptera: Carabidae and Trachypachidae). Zoologica scripta, 38: 43-62. doi: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00359.x PDF
• Catalogue of Palearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 1 ed. I. Löbl, & A. Smetana, Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark, 2003 and 2004, p.26 ISBN 87-88757-73-0

Links

• Australian Faunal Directory
• Maddison, David R. 1995. Adephaga. Ground beetles, tiger beetles, whirligigs, predacious diving beetles, wrinkled bark beetles, and others. Version 01 January 1995 (under construction) in The Tree of Life Web Project
• Atlas of beetles of Russia

Vernacular names

العربية: خنافس مفترسة
Česky: masožraví
English: adephagans
Español: Adéfaga
한국어: 식육아목
Lietuvių: Plėšrieji vabalai
Magyar: Ragadozó bogarak
日本語: オサムシ亜目 (食肉亜目)
Polski: Chrząszcze drapieżne
Русский: Плотоядные жуки
Suomi: Petokuoriaiset
Svenska: Rovskalbaggar
Українська: Хижі жуки

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