''Anomophaenus'' is a genus of
beetle
Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...
s in the 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 fam ...
, containing the following species:
The genus was first described in 1882 by
Charles Adolphe Albert Fauvel
Charles Adolphe Albert Fauvel (1840, Caen -1921) was a French lawyer and amateur entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera. He described and named 1,851 species and 96 genera in Staphylinidae. He wrote nearly 250 papers in the ''Revue d’ Entomo ...
.
* ''
Anomophaenus costatogranulatus''
(Chaudoir Chaudoir is a French-language surname and may refer to:
* Elvira Chaudoir (1911–1996), Peruvian socialite and British double agent
* Georges Chaudoir (1847–1923), Belgian competitor at the 1900 Olympics (four-in-hand mail coach)
* Marguerite ...
, 1879)
* ''
Anomophaenus depressiusculus''
Heller, 1916
* ''
Anomophaenus granellus''
( Fauvel, 1882)
* ''
Anomophaenus granulipennis''
Fauvel, 1903
* ''
Anomophaenus montanus''
Heller, 1916
* ''
Anomophaenus montrousieri''
Bänninger, 1939
* ''
Anomophaenus plicatifrons''
Heller, 1916
* ''
Anomophaenus tenuistriatus''
Heller, 1916
References
Scaritinae
Taxa named by Charles Adolphe Albert Fauvel
Insects described in 1882
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