''Cymindoidea'' 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 15 described species in ''Cymindoidea'', found in southern Asia and Africa.

Species

These 15 species belong to the genus ''Cymindoidea'': * '' Cymindoidea aequa'' Andrewes, 1923 (

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

) * '' Cymindoidea bisignata'' (Dejean, 1831) ( Senegal/Gambia,

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Chad Chad, officially the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North Africa, North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to Chad–Libya border, the north, Sudan to Chad–Sudan border, the east, the Central Afric ...

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) * '' Cymindoidea chinensis'' Jedlicka, 1935 (

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

) * '' Cymindoidea decellei'' Basilewsky, 1961 (

DR Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, or simply the Congo (the last ambiguously also referring to the neighbouring Republic of the Congo), is a country in Central Africa. By land area, it is t ...

) * '' Cymindoidea deplanata'' (Boheman, 1848) (Guinea,

Botswana Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory part of the Kalahari Desert. It is bordered by South Africa to the sou ...

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 ...

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) * '' Cymindoidea distigma'' Chaudoir, 1875 (India) * '' Cymindoidea humeralis'' Péringuey, 1898 (South Africa) * '' Cymindoidea indica'' (Schmidt-Goebel, 1846) (

Nepal Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ...

, India,

Myanmar Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has ...

) * '' Cymindoidea kochi'' Basilewsky, 1961 (Namibia) * ''

Cymindoidea munda ''Cymindoidea'' is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. There are about 15 described species in ''Cymindoidea'', found in southern Asia and Africa. Species These 15 species belong to the genus ''Cymindoidea'': * ''Cymindoidea aequa'' A ...

'' Andrewes, 1923 (

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...

, India) * '' Cymindoidea nigra'' Chaudoir, 1875 (India) * '' Cymindoidea regularis'' Basilewsky, 1961 (DR Congo, Namibia) * '' Cymindoidea triangulifera'' (Buquet, 1835) (Senegal/Gambia) * '' Cymindoidea tutelina'' (Buquet, 1835) (Senegal/Gambia,

Mali Mali, officially the Republic of Mali, is a landlocked country in West Africa. It is the List of African countries by area, eighth-largest country in Africa, with an area of over . The country is bordered to the north by Algeria, to the east b ...

Kenya Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country located in East Africa. With an estimated population of more than 52.4 million as of mid-2024, Kenya is the 27th-most-populous country in the world and the 7th most populous in Africa. ...

) * '' Cymindoidea virgulifera'' Chaudoir, 1875 (Africa)

References

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* Lebiinae {{Lebiinae-stub