Belongs within: Hydroporini.
Sternopriscus is a genus of diving beetles found in Australia and New Guinea, characterised by a small, elongate, rugose-punctate form with a prominent mesosternum and distinctly visible fourth segment on the pro- and mesotarsi.
<==Sternopriscus Sharp 1882 LM87
|--*S. browni Sharp 1882 LM87
|--S. cervus Watts 1978 LM87
|--S. hansardii (Clark 1862) [=Hydroporus hansardii; incl. S. clavatus Sharp 1882] LM87
|--S. marginatus Watts 1978 LM87
|--S. meadfootii (Clark 1862) [=Hydroporus meadfootii] LM87
|--S. minimus Lea 1899 LM87
|--S. montanus Watts 1978 LM87
|--S. multimaculatus (Clark 1862) [=Hydroporus multimaculatus; incl. H. sinuatocollis Clark 1862] LM87
|--S. mundanus Watts 1978 LM87
|--S. obscurus Sharp 1882 LM87
|--S. signatus Sharp 1882 LM87
|--S. tarsalis Sharp 1882 LM87
| |--S. t. tarsalis LM87
| `--S. t. oscillator Sharp 1882 LM87
|--S. tasmanicus Sharp 1882 LM87
`--S. wehnckei Sharp 1882 LM87
*Type species of generic name indicated
REFERENCES
[LM87] Lawrence, J. F., B. P. Moore, J. E. Pyke & T. A. Weir. 1987. Zoological Catalogue of Australia vol. 4. Coleoptera: Archostemata, Myxophaga and Adephaga. Australian Government Publishing Service: Canberra.
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