FAMILY  RHIPICERIDAE - AFRICA

Family RHIPICERIDAE Latreille, 1834 (= Sandalidae, Böving & Craighead, 1931)
Order Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758
Suborder Polyphaga Emery, 1886
Series Elateriformia Crowson, 1960
Superfamily Dascilloidea  Guérin – Méneville, 1843 193 (1834)

Genus Arrhaphipterus Schaum 1862 (= Arrhaphus Kraatz, 1859)
A. dioni  Chobaut, 1896 Algeria

Genus Chamoerhipis Latreille, 1834 (= Eurhipis Castelnau, 1834)

C. natalensis Boheman, 1851 South Africa                                    
C. beringi Kolbe, 1897 Africa
C. ophthalmicus Latreille, 1834 Senegal
C. senegalensis Castelnau 1843  Senegambien

Genus Ptiocerus Castelnau, 1834 (= Ptyocerus Guerin – Méneville, 1843; Demodocus Guerin – Méneville, 1843)
P. attenuatus Castelnau, 1834 Cape Province
P. capensis Guérin-Méneville, 1843 Cape Province
P. goryi Castelnau, 1834 Cape Province
P. nebulosus Guérin-Méneville, 1843 Cape Province

Genus Sandalus Knoch, 1801 (= Megarhipis Castelnau, 1834;  Microrhipis Guerin – Méneville, 1831;  Ptyocerus Thunberg, 1806;  Ptiocerus Castelnau, 1834)

S. costipennis Boheman, 1851 South Africa
S. punctulatus Boheman, 1851 South Africa
S. subelongatus Picco, 1907 South Africa
S. mystacinus  Fabricius, 1794  South Africa – Cape Province
S. atricolor  Picco, 1916 East Africa
S. castanescens  Fairmaire, 1897 East Africa