Dactylosternum abdominale (Fabricius, 1792)

Sphaeridium abdominale Fabricius, 1792: 79 .

Cyclonotum abdominale: Dejean 1833: 134.

Dactylosternum foveonitidum Kuwert, 1890b: 179 .

Coelostoma insulare Laporte, 1840: 59 .

Cyclonotum mulsanti Murray, 1859: 352 .

Cyclonotum natalense Gemminger & Harold, 1868: 495 .

Andotypus perezdearcei Moroni, 2000: 23.

Dactylosternum roussetii Wollaston, 1854: 100 .

Hydrobius semistriatum Schaufuss, 1887: 108 .

Dactylosternum abdominale: Gemminger & Harold 1868: 496; Hansen 1999a: 254; Hansen 2004: 61; Mukhopadhyay & Sengupta 2003: 38; Mukhopadhyay & Sengupta 2004: 452; Mukhopadhyay 2007: 404; Jaiswal 2012: 39; Jaiswal et al. 2013: 25; Herbert 2014: 79, fig. 1; Jaiswal et al. 2014: 98; Fikáček et al. 2015c: 64; Devi et al. 2017: 8; Anamika et al. 2021: 185; Liu et al. 2021a: 52; Liu et al. 2021b: 307; Mai et al. 2022: 272, figs., 1, 20, 40, 47, 67; Przewoźny 2022: 29.

Type locality: Antilles [“Americae meridionalis insulis”] (Hansen 1999a).

Distribution in India:Andaman and Nicobar Isalnds (Andaman Islands), Andhra Pradesh (East Godavari, Chittoor), Madhya Pradesh (Jabalpur), Manipur (Loktak Lake), Sikkim (Rangpo), Telangana (Hyderabad, Durgam Cheruvu), and West Bengal.

Global distribution: Australia, Algeria, Argentina, Brazil, Cape Verde, Christmas Islands, Comoros, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Fiji, France, French Polynesia (Gambier Islands, Marquesas Islands, Society Islands), Germany, Greece, Guinea,, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Lesser Antilles, Madeira, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mascarene Islands, Mexico, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Zealand, Nigeria, Philippines, Portugal (Azores), Samoa, Senegal, Seychelles, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Togo, Tunisia, United States of America (Hawaiian Islands), and Yemen.