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Sphoerodes

Sphoerodes is a genus of in the beetle family Carabidae. There are at least four described species in Sphoerodes, found in Africa.

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Sphoerodes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Carabidae
Subfamily: Licininae
Tribe: Oodini
Subtribe: Oodina
Genus: Sphoerodes
Chaudoir, 1883
Synonyms
  • Sphaerodes Bates, 1886 (incorrect subsequent spelling)1

Sphoerodes is a genus of in the beetle family Carabidae. There are at least four described species in Sphoerodes, found in Africa.23

Species

These four species belong to the genus Sphoerodes:23

  • Sphoerodes camerunus Basilewsky, 1951 (Cameroon)
  • Sphoerodes gracilior Alluaud, 1917 (Tanzania)
  • Sphoerodes impunctatus Bates, 1886 (Democratic Republic of the Congo and Kenya)
  • Sphoerodes striatus (Dejean, 1831) (Africa)
References

References

  1. Bousquet, Yves (2012). "Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera: Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico". ZooKeys (245): 1–1722. doi:10.3897/zookeys.245.3416. PMC 3577090. PMID 23431087.
  2. "Sphoerodes Chaudoir, 1883". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-14.
  3. Lorenz, Wolfgang (2021). "Carabcat Database". doi:10.48580/dfqf-3dk. Retrieved 2023-03-04.