Dicrodontus Alluaudi
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''Dicrodontus'' 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 at least three described species in ''Dicrodontus'', found in the
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Species

These three species belong to the genus ''Dicrodontus'': * '' Dicrodontus alluaudi'' Mateu, 1952 * '' Dicrodontus aptinoides'' (Wollaston, 1865) * '' Dicrodontus brunneus'' (Dejean, 1831)


References

Dryptinae {{Dryptinae-stub