CANTHOCAMPTIDAE Sars, 1906, emend. Monard, 1927, Lang, 1948


CANTHOCAMPTUS s.l. Westwood, 1836

Hamond (1987) observed that old species descriptions and drawings of Canthocamptidae do not always agree with modern description standards and, in many cases, such defective descriptions could greatly confuse the status of some genera and subgenera in this family; in the same occasion, suggested the retention of many genera within the family Canthocamptidae, including Elaphoidella s. str., in the genus Canthocamptus Westwood.

Hamond's statement has been recently supported by Reid (1990) and Hishida (1994). Particularly, the latter author described a new Elaphoidella from Nepal showing transitional characteristics between Elaphoidella and Attheyella, confirming as well the need of a World revision of the genera within the family Canthocamptidae (left: C. clavifurcatus).

Ito & Takashio (1980) and Chang & Ishida (2001) pointed out a Canthocamptus mirabilis group, first identified as "Attheyella-like Canthocamptus", including the following species:C. mirabilis, C. morimotoi, C. prominulus, C. semicirculus, C. resupinatus, C. odaeensis, C. tomikoae and C. incurvisetosus. [PDF]

In the following list, pending eventual revison of the family Canthocamptidae, the genus Canthocamptus s.str. will be considered.


  • Canthocamptus ablatifurcatus Hamond 1987 [New Caledonia; fresh waters] [PDF]
  • Canthocamptus assimilis Kiefer, 1931
  • Canthocamptus australiensis Hamond. 1987 [Australia; fresh waters] [PDF]
  • Canthocamptus baikalensis Borutzky, 1931 [Baikal lake]
  • Canthocamptus billwilliamsi Hamond, 1987 [Australia; streams] [PDF]
  • Canthocamptus bulbifer Borutzky, 1947 [Baikal lake]
  • Canthocamptus caecosetosus Hamond, 1987 [Australia; wet moss] [PDF]
  • Canthocamptus campaneri Reid, 1993 [Brazil; fresh waters, wet campos]
  • Canthocamptus carinatus Shen & Sung, 1973 [China; fresh waters]
  • Canthocamptus clavifurcatus Hamond, 1987 [Australia; wet moss] [PDF]
  • Canthocamptus coreensis Chang, 2002
  • Canthocamptus dedeckkeri Hamond, 1987 [Australia; among plant remains] [PDF]
  • Canthocamptus dumonti Hamond, 1987 [Australia; flowing waters] [PDF]
  • Canthocamptus echinopyge Hamond, 1987 [Australia; ponds] [PDF]
  • Canthocamptus fimbriatus Brehm, 1950 [Australia; lakes] [PDF]
  • Canthocamptus gibba Okuneva, 1983
  • Canthocamptus glacialis Lilljeborg, 1902 [URSS; ?]
  • Canthocamptus globulisetosus Hamond, 1987 [Australia; mosses] [PDF]
  • Canthocamptus grandidieri (Guerne & Richard, 1893) [Africa, Madagascar, Asia, Japan, central-southern America, Australia?; lakes, wells, springs] [PDF]
  • Canthocamptus henryae Hamond, 1987 [Australia; lakes] [PDF]
  • Canthocamptus hirsutus (Chappuis, 1951) [PDF]
  • Canthocamptus howardorum Hamond, 1987 [Australia; fresh waters] [PDF]
  • Canthocamptus incurvisetosus Chang & Ishida, 2001 [Korea; spring waters] * [PDF]
  • Canthocamptus japonicus Brehm, 1927 [Japan; lakes, rivers, streams]
  • Canthocamptus kitaurensis Kikuchi, 1999 [Japan; lakes, ponds]
  • Canthocamptus kunzi Apostolov, 1969 [Bulgaria; ponds]
  • Canthocamptus lacinulatus hamond, 1987 [Australia; wet moss] [PDF]
  • Canthocamptus latus Borutzky, 1947 [Baikal lake]
  • Canthocamptus longifurca Hamond, 1987 [Australia; rivers, pools] [PDF]
  • Canthocamptus longifurcatus Borutzky, 1931 [Baikal lake] **
  • Canthocamptus longipes Hamond, 1987 [Australia; fresh waters] [PDF]
  • Canthocamptus macrosetifer Ishida, 1999 [Japan; lakes, rivers, streams]
  • Canthocamptus mammillifurca Hamond, 1987 [Australia, Tasmania; muddy streams] [PDF]
  • Canthocamptus microstaphylinus microstaphylinus Wolf, 1905 [cosmopolitan, except USA, Australia; fresh waters] *
  • Canthocamptus microstaphylinus monardi Roty, 1927
  • Canthocamptus mirabilis Sterba, 1968 [China, Japan; fresh waters] * [PDF] [PDF2]
  • Canthocamptus morimotoi Miura, 1969 [Corea; cave waters] *
  • Canthocamptus mortoni Hamond, 1987 [Australia; ponds] [PDF]
  • Canthocamptus odaeensis Chang & Ishida, 2001 [Korea; spring waters] * [PDF]
  • Canthocamptus oregonensis Wilson, 1956 [north America, fresh waters]
  • Canthocamptus prominulus Kikuchi, 1994 [Japan; water trickles] *
  • Canthocamptus resupinatus Ishida, 1994 [Japan; water trickles] *
  • Canthocamptus robertcokeri Wilson, 1958 [north America; lakes]
  • Canthocamptus semicirculus Kikuchi, 1994 [Japan; streams] *
  • Canthocamptus staphylinoides staphylinoides Pearse, 1905 [north America; lakes]
  • Canthocamptus staphylinoides sinuus Coker, 1934
  • Canthocamptus staphylinus (Jurine, 1820) [cosmopolitan; fresh suface and ground waters] [PDF]
  • Canthocamptus sublaevis Hamond, 1987 [Australia; fresh waters] [PDF]
  • Canthocamptus takkobuensis Ishida, 1999 [Japan; lakes, ponds]
  • Canthocamptus timmsi Hamond, 1987 [Australia; mosses] [PDF]
  • Canthocamptus tomikoae Ishida, 1994 [Japan; streams] *
  • Canthocamptus vagus Coker & Morgan, 1940 [north America; fresh waters]
  • Canthocamptus werestschagini Borutzky, 1931 [Baikal lake] **


    * mirabilis-group [PDF]

    * syn. of C. staphylinus ? (Dussart, 1967)

    ** species ascribed to a new, questionable (Chappuis, 1935; Lang, 1948), genus (Baikalocamptus) by Borutzy (1931).

    Hamond (1987) transferred to Canthocamptus the following taxa: Attheyella (Chappuisiella) hirsuta Chappuis, 1951; Attheyella australica (Sars, 1908); Elaphoidella grandidieri Lang, 1948; Elaphoidella bidens Schmeil, 1894; Moraria longiseta (Henry, 1922)


    INCERTAE SEDIS OR NOMINA NUDA

  • Canthocamptus acanthophorus delachaux, 1923
  • Canthocamptus balatonicus Daday, 1894
  • Canthocamptus cavernarum Packard, 1888
  • Canthocamptus elegantulus Fischer, 1869
  • Canthocamptus insoletus Chappuis, 1928 [Italy; fresh waters ]
  • Canthocamptus mareoticus Fischer, 1860
  • Canthocamptus menzeli Delachaux, 1924 [Surinam; mosses]
  • Canthocamptus minnesotensis Herrick, 1884
  • Canthocamptus misogynus Brehm, 1928 [New Zealand; fresh waters] [PDF]
  • Canthocamptus mobiliensis Herrick, 1887
  • Canthocamptus ornatus Daday, 1884
  • Canthocamptus sculptus Delachaux, 1917 [Perù; lakes]
  • Canthocamptus tatricus daday, 1897
  • Canthocamptus tentaculatus Daday,1897 [Balaton lake]
  • Canthocamptus truncatus Delachaux, 1918



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