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Microschemus

Microschemus is a genus of in the beetle family Carabidae. There are more than 20 described species in Microschemus found in Africa and southern Asia.

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Microschemus
Microschemus, Tanzania
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Carabidae
Subfamily: Panagaeinae
Tribe: Panagaeini
Subtribe: Panagaeina
Genus: Microschemus
Andrewes, 1940
Synonyms

Microschemus is a genus of in the beetle family Carabidae. There are more than 20 described species in Microschemus found in Africa and southern Asia.12

Species

These 29 species belong to the genus Microschemus:

  • Microschemus amabilis (Dejean, 1831) (Africa)
  • Microschemus angolensis (Chaudoir, 1879) (Congo (Brazzaville) and Angola)
  • Microschemus arabicus (Häckel & Azadbakhsh) (Saudi Arabia, Oman, and Yemen)
  • Microschemus barkeri (Fedorenko, 2015) (South Africa)
  • Microschemus chaudoiri (Raffray, 1886) (Eritrea and Somalia)
  • Microschemus cheranganensis (Burgeon, 1936) (Kenya)
  • Microschemus cruciatus (Dejean, 1831) (Senegal/ Gambia, Ivory Coast, and Chad)
  • Microschemus diversopictus (Basilewsky, 1949) (Mozambique)
  • Microschemus elegans (Dejean, 1826) (Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and India)
  • Microschemus flavopilosus (LaFerté-Sénectère, 1851) (South and Southeast Asia)
  • Microschemus grandis Basilewsky, 1946 (Senegal/ Gambia, Burkina Faso, and Benin)
  • Microschemus laetiusculus (Chaudoir, 1879) (Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and South Africa)
  • Microschemus laetus (Dejean, 1831) (Africa)
  • Microschemus laticornis (Kirschenhofer, 2000) (Myanmar and Thailand)
  • Microschemus luebberti (Kuntzen, 1919) (Namibia)
  • Microschemus marakwetianus (Burgeon, 1936) (Kenya)
  • Microschemus natalensis (Péringuey, 1896) (South Africa)
  • Microschemus notabilis (Xie & Yu, 1991) (China)
  • Microschemus pallipes (Fedorenko, 2015) (Vietnam)
  • Microschemus perrieri Jeannel, 1949 (Madagascar)
  • Microschemus persicus (Häckel & Azadbakhsh) (Iran)
  • Microschemus pierronii (Fairmaire, 1880) (Madagascar)
  • Microschemus planicollis (Chaudoir, 1876) (Eritrea)
  • Microschemus quadrinotulatus (Motschulsky, 1864) (South Africa)
  • Microschemus symei (Murray, 1857) (Africa)
  • Microschemus tenuipunctatus (LaFerté-Sénectère, 1851) (South Africa)
  • Microschemus vadoni Jeannel, 1949 (Madagascar)
  • Microschemus vicinus (Murray, 1857) (Africa)
  • Microschemus villosulus (Chaudoir, 1879) (Africa)
References

References

  1. "Microschemus Andrewes, 1940". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
  2. Lorenz, Wolfgang (2021). "Carabcat Database". doi:10.48580/dfqf-3dk. Retrieved 2023-03-04.