''Cerapterus'' 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 ...

. There are more than 30 described species in ''Cerapterus''.

Species

These 32 species belong to the genus ''Cerapterus'': * '' Cerapterus benguelanus'' Kolbe, 1926 (Africa) * '' Cerapterus brancae'' Luna de Carvalho, 1961 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) * '' Cerapterus burgeoni'' Reichensperger, 1937 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) * '' Cerapterus calaharicus'' Kolbe, 1926 (Mozambique and Botswana) * '' Cerapterus concolor'' Westwood, 1850 (South Africa) * '' Cerapterus denoiti'' Wasmann, 1899 (Africa) * '' Cerapterus drescheri'' Reichensperger, 1935 (Indonesia) * '' Cerapterus elgonis'' Reichensperger, 1938 (Kenya) * '' Cerapterus herrei'' Schultze, 1923 (Philippines) * '' Cerapterus horni'' Reichensperger, 1925 (Africa) * '' Cerapterus horsfieldi'' Westwood, 1833 (Myanmar and Indonesia) * '' Cerapterus hottentottus'' Kolbe, 1896 (Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa) * '' Cerapterus immaculatus'' Luna de Carvalho, 1975 (South Africa) * '' Cerapterus kolbei'' Lorenz, 1998 (Rwanda and Tanzania) * '' Cerapterus laceratus'' (C.A.Dohrn, 1891) (Africa) * '' Cerapterus lafertei'' Westwood, 1850 (Africa) * '' Cerapterus latipes'' Swederus, 1788 (Sri Lanka, India, and Myanmar) * '' Cerapterus leoninus'' Kolbe, 1926 (Africa) * '' Cerapterus longihamus'' Reichensperger, 1933 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, and Malawi) * '' Cerapterus longipennis'' Wasmann, 1899 (Tanzania and South Africa) * '' Cerapterus myrmidonum'' Kolbe, 1896 (Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, and South Africa) * '' Cerapterus oblitus'' Reichensperger, 1938 (South Africa) * '' Cerapterus parallelus'' Wasmann, 1922 (Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Africa) * '' Cerapterus pilipennis'' Wasmann, 1922 (Africa) * '' Cerapterus pseudoblitus'' Luna de Carvalho, 1961 (Africa) * '' Cerapterus pygmaeus'' Luna de Carvalho, 1960 (Congo (Brazzaville)) * '' Cerapterus quadrimaculatus'' Westwood, 1841 (China, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia) * '' Cerapterus smithii'' Westwood, 1838 (Africa) * '' Cerapterus splendidus'' Wasmann, 1918 (Kenya) * '' Cerapterus stalii'' Westwood, 1874 (South Africa) * '' Cerapterus stuhlmanni'' Kolbe, 1895 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Angola) * '' Cerapterus trinitatis'' Kolbe, 1896 (Tanzania, Malawi, and South Africa)

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* Paussinae {{paussinae-stub