Meroctenus

Meroctenus is a genus of beetle in the family Carabidae first described by Gemminger & Harold in 1868.[2]

Meroctenus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Subfamily: Harpalinae
Tribe: Harpalini
Genus: Meroctenus
Gemminger & Harold
Synonyms
  • Paregaploa (G. Muller, 1947)[1]

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

  1. 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.
  2. Gemminger, Max; Harold, Edgar von (1868). Catalogus coleopterorum hucusque descriptorum synonymicus et systematicus. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.9089. OCLC 6441194.
  3. "Meroctenus Gemminger & Harold, 1868". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-08.


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