Synchortus Sharp 1880-1882:264

Checklist of Species

Synchortus abditus Guignot 1957:155
Synchortus asperatus (Fairmaire 1869:188)
- Hydrocanthus asperatus Fairmaire 1869:188
- Synchortus asperatus Fairmaire 1863:199, in Regimbart 1895:121
- Synchortus duplicatus Sharp 1880-1882:264, in Regimbart 1895:121
- Synchortus asperatus var. squamosus Guignot 1943:19
Synchortus dabbenei Regimbart 1895:121
- Synchortus dabbeni Regimbart 1895:121, mis-spelled in Omer-Cooper 1972:35
Synchortus desaegeri Gschwendtner 1935:372
- Hydrocoptus rhipax Guignot 1957:152, by Guignot in Balfour-Browne 1961:60
- Synchortus saegeri Gschwendtner 1935:372, mis-spelled in Balfour-Browne 1961:60
Synchortus imbricatus (Klug. 1853:249)
- Noterus imbricatus Klug. 1853:249
- Synchortus imbricatus (Klug. 1853:249), by Sharp 1880-1882:264
- Synchortus acquatorius Guignot 1936:38, by Omer-Cooper 1972:36
- Synchortus simplex Guignot 1936:38, not Sharp, by Omer-Cooper 1957:364
- Synghortus imbricatus Klug. 1853:249, typographical error in Balfour-Browne (1939:476)
Synchortus leleupi Guignot 1956:50
Synchortus rugosopunctatus (Wehncke 1876:221)
- Hydrocanthus rugoso-punctatus Wehncke 1876:221, in Sharp 1880-1882:265
Synchortus separatus Omer-Cooper 1972:41
Synchortus simplex Sharp 1880-1882:264
- Synchortus aciculatus Sharp 1880-1882:264
- Synchortus sparsus Sharp 1880-1882:264, by Omer-Cooper 1972:40
- Synchortus simplex var. echinatus Regimbart 1895:120

Balfour-Browne, J.

1939. Scientific results of the Cambridge Expedition to the East African Lakes 1930-1.-No. 19. Coleoptera of the families Dytiscidae and Gyrinidae. Linn. Soc. J.--- Zool. 40:475-485.
1961. Notes on African Hydrocoptus (Col., Dytiscidae). Entomol. Arb. Mus. G. Frey 12(1):60-67.

Omer-Cooper, J.

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.

Sharp, D.

1880-1882. On aquatic carnivorous Coleoptera or Dytiscidae. Sci. Trans. Royal Dublin Soc. 2(new series), part 2:179-1003 + plates vii-xviii.

A portion of this treatment was adapted from a manuscript prepared by R. E. Roughley, University of Manitoba.