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Odacantha

Odacantha is a genus of ground beetle native to the Palearctic and the Near East. It contains the following species:Odacantha aegrota Bates, 1883 Odacantha chinensis Jedlicka, 1963 Odacantha composita Liebke, 1938 Odacantha cyanea Laferte-Senectere, 1849 Odacantha flavipennis Liebke, 1931 Odacantha hagai Nemoto, 1989 Odacantha insulicola Basilewsky, 1977 Odacantha laportei Chaudoir, 1848 Odacantha melanura (Linnaeus, 1767) Odacantha metallica Fairmaire, 1889 Odacantha pomposa Liebke, 1933 Odacantha puziloi Solsky, 1875 Odacantha seriepunctata Chaudoir, 1878 Odacantha subcomposita Basilewsky, 1970 Odacantha swazina Basilewsky, 1965

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Odacantha
Odacantha melanura
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Carabidae
Subfamily: Lebiinae
Genus: Odacantha
Paykull, 1798

Odacantha is a genus of ground beetle native to the Palearctic (including Europe) and the Near East. It contains the following species:1

  • Odacantha aegrota Bates, 1883
  • Odacantha chinensis Jedlicka, 1963
  • Odacantha composita Liebke, 1938
  • Odacantha cyanea Laferte-Senectere, 1849
  • Odacantha flavipennis Liebke, 1931
  • Odacantha hagai Nemoto, 1989
  • Odacantha insulicola Basilewsky, 1977
  • Odacantha laportei Chaudoir, 1848
  • Odacantha melanura (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Odacantha metallica Fairmaire, 1889
  • Odacantha pomposa Liebke, 1933
  • Odacantha puziloi Solsky, 1875
  • Odacantha seriepunctata Chaudoir, 1878
  • Odacantha subcomposita Basilewsky, 1970
  • Odacantha swazina Basilewsky, 1965
References

References

  1. "Odacantha Paykull, 1798". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
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