''Colpostoma'' 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 about seven described species in ''Colpostoma''.

Species

These seven species belong to the genus ''Colpostoma'': * '' Colpostoma avinovi'' Semenov & Znojko, 1929 (

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and

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) * '' Colpostoma centrasiaticum'' Semenov & Znojko, 1929 (Kyrgyzstan) * '' Colpostoma darvazicum'' Mikhailov, 1976 (Tadzhikistan) * '' Colpostoma insigne'' Semenov, 1889 (Kyrgyzstan) * '' Colpostoma petri'' Semenov & Znojko, 1929 (Kyrgyzstan) * '' Colpostoma tshitsherini'' Semenov & Znojko, 1929 (Kyrgyzstan) * '' Colpostoma turkestanicum'' Jedlicka, 1960 (Kazakhstan)

References

Licininae Carabidae genera {{licininae-stub