Scaphydra

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Myxophaga
Superfamilia: Sphaerioidea

Familia: Hydroscaphidae
Genus: Scaphydra
Species (3): S. angra – S. hintoni – S. pygmaea
Name

Scaphydra Reichardt, 1973

References

Reichardt, H. 1973: A critical study of the suborder Myxophaga, with a taxonomic revision of the Brazilian Torridincolidae and Hydroscaphidae (Coleoptera). Arquivos de zoologia, 24(2): 73–162. full text and pdf
Reichardt, H. 1974: Relationships between Hydroscaphidae and Torridincolidae, based on larvae and pupae, with the description of the immature stages of Scaphydra angra (Coleoptera, Myxophaga). Revista brasileira de entomologia, 18(4): 117–122.

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Scaphydra is a genus of beetles in the family Hydroscaphidae, containing the following species:[1]

Scaphydra angra (Reichardt, 1971)
Scaphydra hintoni (Reichardt, 1971)
Scaphydra pygmaea (Reichardt, 1971)

References

Hydroscaphidae Species List at Joel Hallan’s Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 11 May 2012.