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Merizomena

Merizomena is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. There are about 13 described species in Merizomena.

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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Carabidae
Subfamily: Lebiinae
Tribe: Lebiini
Subtribe: Agrina
Genus: Merizomena
Chaudoir, 1873

Merizomena is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. There are about 13 described species in Merizomena.12

Species

These 13 species belong to the genus Merizomena:

  • Merizomena afgana (Jedlicka, 1956) (Afghanistan)
  • Merizomena arabica (Mateu, 1986) (Saudi Arabia)
  • Merizomena basalis (Chaudoir, 1852) (Turkey)
  • Merizomena buettikeri (Mateu, 1986) (Saudi Arabia)
  • Merizomena castanea (Klug, 1832) (Middle East)
  • Merizomena dimidiata (Ménétriés, 1848) (Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan)
  • Merizomena grandinella (Semenov, 1889) (Iran and Turkmenistan)
  • Merizomena klapperichi (Jedlicka, 1956) (Middle East, Afghanistan, and Pakistan)
  • Merizomena schoenemanni (Kirschenhofer, 1994) (Iran)
  • Merizomena silvatica Mikhailov, 1977 (Tadzhikistan)
  • Merizomena tricolor (Gebler, 1845) (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan)
  • Merizomena tschitscherini (Semenov, 1900) (Central Asia)
  • Merizomena yemenita (Mateu, 1986) (Yemen)
References

References

  1. "Merizomena Chaudoir, 1873". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
  2. Lorenz, Wolfgang (2021). "Carabcat Database". doi:10.48580/dfqf-3dk. Retrieved 2023-04-13.