''Afrosyleter'' is a genus 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 ...

first described by

Kurt Hermann Gustav Otto Noesske Kurt is a male given name in Germanic languages. ''Kurt'' or ''Curt'' originated as short forms of the Germanic Konrad/Conrad, depending on geographical usage, with meanings including counselor or advisor. Like Conrad, it can also a surname an ...

in 1928. There are about 10 described species in ''Afrosyleter'', found in Africa.

Species

These 10 species belong to the genus ''Afrosyleter'': * '' Afrosyleter angolensis'' Bulirsch & Magrini, 2018 (Angola) * '' Afrosyleter congoensis'' (Burgeon, 1935) (Congo (Brazzaville), Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Angola) * '' Afrosyleter ituricus'' Basilewsky, 1959 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) * '' Afrosyleter leleupi'' Basilewsky, 1959 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) * ''

Afrosyleter pauliani ''Afrosyleter'' is a genus in the beetle 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 Euro ...

'' Basilewsky, 1959 (Ivory Coast) * '' Afrosyleter reticulatus'' Basilewsky, 1962 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) * '' Afrosyleter rossii'' Bulirsch & Magrini, 2018 (Sierra Leone) * '' Afrosyleter serrulatus'' Basilewsky, 1959 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) * '' Afrosyleter szeli'' Bulirsch & Magrini, 2018 (Mozambique) * '' Afrosyleter telnovi'' Bulirsch & Magrini, 2019 (Gabon)

References

Scaritinae Carabidae genera {{scaritinae-stub