Synchortus is represented by nine species: seven from Africa, where the status of Synchortus dabbeni Regimbart is problematic (Omer-Cooper 1972), and two from Madagascar.
Checklist of Synchortus
Found Here
Key to species of Synchortus
World - Guignot (1959), 8 species; and Omer-Cooper (1972)
Literature Cited
Guignot, F.
- 1946. Genotypes des Dytiscoidea et des Gyrinoidea. Rev. Francaise d'Entomol. 13:112-118.
- 1959. Revision des Hydrocanthares d'Afrique (Coleoptera Dytiscoidea), Part 2. Ann. Mus. Congo Belgique (ser 8) Sci. Zool. 78:317-648.
- 1972. On the African species of the genus Synchortus Sharp (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) and the description of a new species. J. Entomol. Soc. S. Africa 35(1):35-43.
A portion of this treatment was adapted from a manuscript prepared by R. E. Roughley, University of Manitoba.
Revised 20 October 1995
Warren U. Brigham
brigham@wub.igis.uiuc.edu