''Arsinoe'' is a genus of carabids in the

beetle Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...

family

Carabidae Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe. As of 2015, it is one of the 10 most species-rich animal ...

. There are more than 20 described species in ''Arsinoe'', found in Africa.

Species

These 27 species belong to the genus ''Arsinoe'': * '' Arsinoe alluaudi'' Burgeon, 1937 (

DR Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, or simply the Congo (the last ambiguously also referring to the neighbouring Republic of the Congo), is a country in Central Africa. By land area, it is t ...

Malawi Malawi, officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in Southeastern Africa. It is bordered by Zambia to the west, Tanzania to the north and northeast, and Mozambique to the east, south, and southwest. Malawi spans over and ...

) * '' Arsinoe becvari'' Facchini, 2011 (

Zimbabwe file:Zimbabwe, relief map.jpg, upright=1.22, Zimbabwe, relief map Zimbabwe, officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Bots ...

) * '' Arsinoe biguttata'' Chaudoir, 1877 (

Gabon Gabon ( ; ), officially the Gabonese Republic (), is a country on the Atlantic coast of Central Africa, on the equator, bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, the Republic of the Congo to the east and south, and ...

, DR Congo,

Kenya Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country located in East Africa. With an estimated population of more than 52.4 million as of mid-2024, Kenya is the 27th-most-populous country in the world and the 7th most populous in Africa. ...

) * '' Arsinoe caffra'' Péringuey, 1896 (

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, Zimbabwe,

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) * '' Arsinoe camerunica'' Basilewsky, 1970 (

Cameroon Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It shares boundaries with Nigeria to the west and north, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the R ...

Zambia Zambia, officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern and East Africa. It is typically referred to being in South-Central Africa or Southern Africa. It is bor ...

) * '' Arsinoe distinguenda'' Péringuey, 1896 (

) * '' Arsinoe elisabethana'' Burgeon, 1937 (

) * '' Arsinoe flavosignata'' (Gory, 1833) ( Senegal/Gambia,

Sierra Leone Sierra Leone, officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered to the southeast by Liberia and by Guinea to the north. Sierra Leone's land area is . It has a tropical climate and envi ...

Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire and officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital city of Yamoussoukro is located in the centre of the country, while its largest List of ci ...

) * '' Arsinoe fraterna'' Péringuey, 1896 (DR Congo, Mozambique, Zimbabwe,

Namibia Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country on the west coast of Southern Africa. Its borders include the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south; in the no ...

, South Africa) * '' Arsinoe fulvipes'' (Fairmaire, 1869) (

Madagascar Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's List of islands by area, f ...

) * '' Arsinoe grandis'' Péringuey, 1898 (DR Congo, Zimbabwe, South Africa) * '' Arsinoe kenyensis'' Facchini, 2011 (Kenya) * '' Arsinoe laevigata'' Basilewsky, 1970 (Ivory Coast, Central African Republic, DR Congo) * '' Arsinoe lyrata'' Burgeon, 1937 (DR Congo) * '' Arsinoe miranda'' Burgeon, 1937 (DR Congo, Uganda) * '' Arsinoe mirei'' Basilewsky, 1970 (Cameroon) * '' Arsinoe nigra'' Facchini, 2011 (Kenya) * '' Arsinoe nigripes'' Basilewsky, 1970 (Cameroon, DR Congo) * '' Arsinoe notabilis'' Péringuey, 1896 (DR Congo,

Tanzania Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It is bordered by Uganda to the northwest; Kenya to the northeast; the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to t ...

, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa) * ''

Arsinoe oneili Arsinoe (), meaning "elevated mind", may refer to: People * Arsinoe of Macedon, mother of Ptolemy I Soter * Apama II or Arsinoe (c. 292 BC–after 249 BC), wife of Magas of Cyrene and mother of Berenice II * Arsinoe, probable mother of Lysimachu ...

'' Barker, 1919 (DR Congo, Zambia, Zimbabwe) * '' Arsinoe orientalis'' Facchini, 2017 (Kenya) * '' Arsinoe plausibilis'' Péringuey, 1896 (South Africa) * '' Arsinoe quadriguttata'' Laporte, 1835 (Zimbabwe, South Africa) * '' Arsinoe rugiceps'' Facchini, 2017 (Cameroon) * '' Arsinoe salvadorensis'' Kolbe, 1889 (

Guinea Guinea, officially the Republic of Guinea, is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Guinea-Bissau to the northwest, Senegal to the north, Mali to the northeast, Côte d'Ivoire to the southeast, and Sier ...

, DR Congo) * '' Arsinoe triguttata'' Facchini, 2011 (Senegal/Gambia,

Burkina Faso Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa, bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Ivory Coast to the southwest. It covers an area of 274,223 km2 (105,87 ...

Benin Benin, officially the Republic of Benin, is a country in West Africa. It was formerly known as Dahomey. It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, Burkina Faso to the north-west, and Niger to the north-east. The majority of its po ...

, Central African Republic) * '' Arsinoe zambiensis'' Facchini, 2011 (Zambia)

References

External links

* Lebiinae Adephaga genera {{Lebiinae-stub