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Hystrichopus

Hystrichopus is a genus of inconspicuous, nocturnal beetles in the family Carabidae. The genus is native to the greater part of the Afrotropics and locally to the southern Palaearctic.

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Hystrichopus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Carabidae
Tribe: Lebiini
Subtribe: Cymindidina
Genus: Hystrichopus
Boheman, 1848
Subgenera
  • Assadecma Basilewsky1
  • Pseudomasoreus Desbrochers des Loges
  • Hystrichopus (s.s.) Boheman
  • Plagiopyga Boheman
Synonyms
  • Assoterus Peringuey, 18962
  • Astus Peringuey, 1896
  • Ctenoncus Chaudoir, 1850

Hystrichopus is a genus of inconspicuous, nocturnal3 beetles in the family Carabidae. The genus is native to the greater part of the Afrotropics and locally to the southern Palaearctic.1

Species

The species include:4

  • Hystrichopus aethiopicus Alluaud, 1922
  • Hystrichopus agilis Peringuey, 1892
  • Hystrichopus alticola Alluaud, 1908
  • Hystrichopus altitudinis Peringuey, 1899
  • Hystrichopus angolensis Basilewsky, 1942
  • Hystrichopus angusticollis Boheman, 1848
  • Hystrichopus arnoldi Basilewsky, 1954
  • Hystrichopus atratus (Chaudoir, 1850)
  • Hystrichopus badius (Wiedemann, 1821)
  • Hystrichopus bambutensis Basilewsky, 1984
  • Hystrichopus brincki Basilewsky, 1958
  • Hystrichopus brittoni Basilewsky, 1954
  • Hystrichopus brunneus Basilewsky, 1954
  • Hystrichopus colasi Basilewsky, 1954
  • Hystrichopus cordicollis Basilewsky, 1954
  • Hystrichopus cribripennis Basilewsky, 1954
  • Hystrichopus culminicola Basilewsky, 1954
  • Hystrichopus drago Basilewsky, 1984
  • Hystrichopus elegans Raffray, 1885
  • Hystrichopus femoralis Boheman, 1848
  • Hystrichopus freyi Basilewsky, 1954
  • Hystrichopus gracilis Peringuey, 1896
  • Hystrichopus hanangiensis Basilewsky, 1962
  • Hystrichopus hecqi Basilewsky, 1954
  • Hystrichopus hessei Basilewsky, 1954
  • Hystrichopus jacoti Basilewsky, 1954
  • Hystrichopus jocquei Basilewsky, 1984
  • Hystrichopus kaboboanus Basilewsky, 1960
  • Hystrichopus kahuzicus Basilewsky, 1954
  • Hystrichopus kalaharicus Basilewsky, 1984
  • Hystrichopus kilimanus Basilewsky, 1962
  • Hystrichopus kochi Basilewsky, 1984
  • Hystrichopus laticollis Basilewsky, 1954
  • Hystrichopus laurenti Basilewsky, 1954
  • Hystrichopus leleupi Basilewsky, 1954
  • Hystrichopus leleupianus Basilewsky, 1961
  • Hystrichopus lubukae Basilewsky, 1954
  • Hystrichopus marakwetianus Basilewsky, 1948
  • Hystrichopus marlieri Basilewsky, 1954
  • Hystrichopus massaicus Basilewsky, 1948
  • Hystrichopus mateui Basilewsky, 1984
  • Hystrichopus meruensis Alluaud, 1908
  • Hystrichopus mirei Basilewsky, 1984
  • Hystrichopus mniszechi Peringuey, 1896
  • Hystrichopus natalensis Basilewsky, 1984
  • Hystrichopus nigerrimus Basilewsky, 1961
  • Hystrichopus nimbanus Basilewsky, 1951
  • Hystrichopus nyassicus Basilewsky, 1984
  • Hystrichopus olbrechtsi Basilewsky, 1954
  • Hystrichopus platyderus Basilewsky, 1954
  • Hystrichopus plesius Basilewsky, 1948
  • Hystrichopus praedator Peringuey, 1896
  • Hystrichopus pusillus Basilewsky, 1954
  • Hystrichopus recticollis Peringuey, 1896
  • Hystrichopus ruandanus Basilewsky, 1954
  • Hystrichopus rufipennis (Dejean, 1831)
  • Hystrichopus rufipes (Dejean, 1828)
  • Hystrichopus rufofemoralis Basilewsky, 1984
  • Hystrichopus rugicollis Basilewsky, 1961
  • Hystrichopus seynaevei Basilewsky, 1954
  • Hystrichopus similis Peringuey, 1896
  • Hystrichopus subtenuicollis Basilewsky, 1984
  • Hystrichopus sulcatus (Dejean, 1828)
  • Hystrichopus tenuicollis Peringuey, 1896
  • Hystrichopus uluguruanus Basilewsky, 1962
  • Hystrichopus upembanus Basilewsky, 1984
  • Hystrichopus uyttenboogaarti Basilewsky, 1948
  • Hystrichopus velox Peringuey, 1904
  • Hystrichopus vigilans (Sturm, 1824)
References

References

  1. Hunting, Wesley M. (18 January 2013). "A taxonomic revision of the Cymindis (Pinacodera) limbata species group (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Lebiini), including description of a new species from Florida, U.S.A." ZooKeys (259): 1–73. doi:10.3897/zookeys.259.2970. PMC 3591765. PMID 23653501. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  2. "Hystrichopus Boheman, 1848". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
  3. Scholtz, Clarke H.; et al. (1985). Insects of Southern Africa. Durban: Butterworths. p. 195. ISBN 0409-10487-6.
  4. "Hystrichopus". Global Names Index. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
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