''Pseudognathaphanus'' is a genus in the
beetle
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family
Carabidae
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. There are about 10 described species in ''Pseudognathaphanus''.
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Species
These 10 species belong to the genus ''Pseudognathaphanus'':
* '' Pseudognathaphanus dekkanus'' Andrewes, 1933 (India)
* '' Pseudognathaphanus dispellens'' (Walker, 1859) (Sri Lanka)
* '' Pseudognathaphanus exaratus'' (Bates, 1892) (India, Myanmar, Thailand, and Laos)
* '' Pseudognathaphanus festivus'' (Andrewes, 1920) (Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam)
* '' Pseudognathaphanus hiekei'' Kataev & Wrase, 2016 (Nepal)
* '' Pseudognathaphanus perrieri'' (Jeannel, 1948) (Madagascar)
* '' Pseudognathaphanus punctilabris'' (W.S.MacLeay, 1825) (China, Japan, Taiwan, Indomalaya
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)
* '' Pseudognathaphanus rufitactor'' (Bates, 1892) (China, Nepal, Myanmar, and Vietnam)
* '' Pseudognathaphanus rusticus'' (Andrewes, 1920) (Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and India)
* '' Pseudognathaphanus zabroides'' (Alluaud, 1918) (Madagascar)
References
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Harpalinae
Carabidae genera
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