Sandracottus is a genus of beetles in the family Dytiscidae. These aquatic beetles are found in ponds and slow streams from South Asia 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