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Leptosarcus

Leptosarcus is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. There are at least two described species in Leptosarcus, found in South Africa.

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Leptosarcus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Carabidae
Subfamily: Lebiinae
Tribe: Lebiini
Subtribe: Cymindidina
Genus: Leptosarcus
Péringuey, 1896

Leptosarcus is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. There are at least two described species in Leptosarcus, found in South Africa.12

Species

These two species belong to the genus Leptosarcus:

  • Leptosarcus hessei Basilewsky, 1954
  • Leptosarcus porrectus (Péringuey, 1892)
References

References

  1. "GBIF, Leptosarcus". Retrieved 2024-09-27.
  2. "Catalogue of Life, Leptosarcus Péringuey, 1896". Retrieved 2024-09-27.