''Sandracottus'' is a genus of

beetle Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...

s in the family

Dytiscidae The Dytiscidae – based on the Greek ''dytikos'' (δυτικός), "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 live ...

. These aquatic beetles are found in ponds and slow streams from

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east to southern Japan, and south to Australia. They are generally about long and often have distinctive markings.

Species

The genus contains the following 16 accepted species: * '' Sandracottus angulifer'' Heller, 1934 * '' Sandracottus bakewellii'' (Clark, 1864) * '' Sandracottus bizonatus'' Régimbart, 1899 * '' Sandracottus chevrolati'' (Aubé, 1838) * '' Sandracottus dejeanii'' (Aubé, 1838) * '' Sandracottus femoralis'' Heller, 1934 * '' Sandracottus festivus'' (Illiger, 1802) * '' Sandracottus guerini'' J.Balfour-Browne, 1939 * '' Sandracottus insignis'' (Wehncke, 1876) * '' Sandracottus jaechi'' Wewalka & Vazirani, 1985 * '' Sandracottus maculatus'' (Wehncke, 1876) * '' Sandracottus manipurensis'' Vazirani, 1969 * '' Sandracottus mixtus'' (Blanchard, 1843) * '' Sandracottus nauticus'' Sharp, 1882 * '' Sandracottus palawanensis'' Satô, 1979 * '' Sandracottus rotundus'' Sharp, 1882 This species was recently described, but its status is uncertain: * '' Sandracottus vijayakumari'' Anand et al., 2021

References

Dytiscidae genera {{Dytiscidae-stub