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Cylindrocranius

Cylindrocranius is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. There are about five described species in Cylindrocranius, found in Africa.

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Cylindrocranius
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Carabidae
Subfamily: Lebiinae
Tribe: Lebiini
Subtribe: Demetriadina
Genus: Cylindrocranius
Chaudoir, 1878

Cylindrocranius is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. There are about five described species in Cylindrocranius, found in Africa.12

Species

These five species belong to the genus Cylindrocranius:

  • Cylindrocranius cribricollis (Fairmaire, 1904) (Madagascar)
  • Cylindrocranius errans Péringuey, 1896 (Botswana, Namibia)
  • Cylindrocranius risbeci Basilewsky, 1948 (Senegal/Gambia, Guinea)
  • Cylindrocranius ruficollis Péringuey, 1896 (South Africa)
  • Cylindrocranius rufulus Chaudoir, 1878 (Africa)
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