''Ancus'' is a genus in the ground 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 Europe. As of 2015, it is one of the 10 most species-rich animal ...
. There are about seven described species in ''Ancus'', found in South America and Southeast Asia.
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Species
These seven species belong to the genus ''Ancus'':
* ''Ancus bicornutus
Ancus may refer to:
* ''Ancus'' (beetle), a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae
* Ancus Marcius (7th century BC), king of Rome
* 14088 Ancus, an asteroid
* Ancus, an Italic praenomen
* A part of a male Lepidoptera genitalia
See also
* Ankus ...
'' ( Putzeys, 1861) (Colombia, Peru, and Brazil)
* '' Ancus cariniceps'' Andrewes, 1936 (Indonesia)
* '' Ancus depressifrons'' Putzeys, 1867 (Brazil)
* '' Ancus excavaticeps'' Putzeys, 1867 (Thailand, Vietnam, and Malaysia)
* '' Ancus hiekei'' Balkenohl, 2016 (Laos)
* '' Ancus principes'' Balkenohl, 2016 (Thailand)
* '' Ancus sulcicollis'' Putzeys, 1867 (Venezuela, Peru, and Brazil)
References
Scaritinae
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