Microcephalus (beetle)
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| Microcephalus | |
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| File:Microcephalus niger.jpg | |
| Microcephalus niger | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Subfamily: | Pterostichinae |
| Tribe: | Pterostichini |
| Subtribe: | Euchroina |
| Genus: | Microcephalus Dejean, 1828 |
Microcephalus is a genus of in the beetle family Carabidae. There are about 15 described species in Microcephalus, found in South America.[1][2]
Species
[edit | edit source]These 15 species belong to the genus Microcephalus:
- Microcephalus affinis Tschitscherine, 1898 (Brazil)
- Microcephalus amplicollis Chaudoir, 1852 (Brazil)
- Microcephalus bolivianus Tschitscherine, 1898 (Bolivia)
- Microcephalus catharinae Tschitscherine, 1898 (Brazil)
- Microcephalus depressicollis Dejean, 1828 (Brazil)
- Microcephalus festivus Tschitscherine, 1898 (Brazil)
- Microcephalus kaszabi (Straneo, 1959) (Brazil)
- Microcephalus magnificus (Lutshnik, 1935) (Brazil)
- Microcephalus minor Chaudoir, 1852 (Brazil)
- Microcephalus niger (Straneo, 1956) (Ecuador)
- Microcephalus orientalis (Straneo, 1951) (Paraguay and Brazil)
- Microcephalus paraguayensis (Straneo, 1951) (Paraguay)
- Microcephalus peruanus (Lutshnik, 1931) (Peru)
- Microcephalus subsinuatus (Straneo, 1956) (Peru)
- Microcephalus superbus Tschitscherine, 1898 (Brazil)
References
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