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Cyrtomoscelis

Cyrtomoscelis is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. There are more than 20 described species in Cyrtomoscelis, found in South Africa.

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Cyrtomoscelis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Carabidae
Subfamily: Pterostichinae
Tribe: Pterostichini
Subtribe: Abacetina
Genus: Cyrtomoscelis
Chaudoir, 1874
Synonyms
  • Berea Péringuey, 1926
  • Cyrtotelus Tschitscherine, 1902

Cyrtomoscelis is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. There are more than 20 described species in Cyrtomoscelis, found in South Africa.12

Species

These 21 species belong to the genus Cyrtomoscelis:

  • Cyrtomoscelis abacetoides (Straneo, 1958)
  • Cyrtomoscelis ambigua (Straneo, 1965)
  • Cyrtomoscelis bangenia Straneo, 1995
  • Cyrtomoscelis caffra (Péringuey, 1926)
  • Cyrtomoscelis dwesana Straneo, 1991
  • Cyrtomoscelis elongata (Straneo, 1939)
  • Cyrtomoscelis ferruginea (Boheman, 1848)
  • Cyrtomoscelis ferruginoides (Straneo, 1938)
  • Cyrtomoscelis humicola (Straneo, 1965)
  • Cyrtomoscelis inflata (Straneo, 1958)
  • Cyrtomoscelis leonardii Straneo, 1991
  • Cyrtomoscelis longistria Straneo, 1986
  • Cyrtomoscelis major (Straneo, 1939)
  • Cyrtomoscelis minima (Straneo, 1946)
  • Cyrtomoscelis natalensis Chaudoir, 1874
  • Cyrtomoscelis ovalipennis Straneo, 1991
  • Cyrtomoscelis pauper (Straneo, 1965)
  • Cyrtomoscelis piriensis (Straneo, 1965)
  • Cyrtomoscelis rotundicollis (Straneo, 1965)
  • Cyrtomoscelis silvicola Straneo, 1991
  • Cyrtomoscelis trivialis (Boheman, 1848)
References

References

  1. "GBIF, Cyrtomoscelis". Retrieved 2024-09-20.
  2. "Catalogue of Life, Cyrtomoscelis Chaudoir, 1874". Retrieved 2024-09-20.