''Cauricara'' is a genus of
darkling beetle
Darkling beetle is the common name for members of the beetle family Tenebrionidae, comprising over 20,000 species in a cosmopolitan distribution.
Taxonomy
''Tenebrio'' is the Latin generic name that Carl Linnaeus assigned to some flour beetles ...
s that are native to Southern Africa. Many of these species are endemic to
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 ...
.
Species
The species recognized in this genus are:
Formerly in
Stenocara:
* ''Cauricara desertica'' used to be ''Stenocara desertica''.
* ''Cauricara eburnea'' used to be ''Stenocara eburnea''.
References
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Beetles of Africa
Pimeliinae