Meroctenus
Meroctenus is a genus of beetle in the family Carabidae first described by Gemminger & Harold in 1868.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Subfamily: | Harpalinae |
| Tribe: | Harpalini |
| Genus: | Meroctenus Gemminger & Harold |
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Species
Meroctenus contains the following ten species:[3]
- Meroctenus crenulatus (Chaudoir, 1843)
- Meroctenus dabreui (Andrewes, 1924)
- Meroctenus exaratus (Dejean, 1829)
- Meroctenus mediocris (Andrewes, 1936)
- Meroctenus melanarius (Boheman, 1848)
- Meroctenus micans (Dejean, 1831)
- Meroctenus nigerianus Basilewsky, 1946
- Meroctenus penthicus (Jeannel, 1948)
- Meroctenus senegalensis (Dejean, 1829)
- Meroctenus usambaranus Basilewsky, 1948
References
- Kataev, Boris (25 July 2017). "Revision of the carabid genus Meroctenus Gemminger et Harold, with a new status of Xenodochus Andrewes (Coleoptera, Carabidae: Harpalini)". Entomological Review. 97: 510–522. doi:10.1134/S0013873817040133.
- Gemminger, Max; Harold, Edgar von (1868). Catalogus coleopterorum hucusque descriptorum synonymicus et systematicus. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.9089. OCLC 6441194.
- "Meroctenus Gemminger & Harold, 1868". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
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