''Disphericus'' 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 18 described species in ''Disphericus'', found in Africa.

Species

These 18 species belong to the genus ''Disphericus'': * '' Disphericus alluaudi'' Basilewsky, 1938 (

Tanzania Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It is bordered by Uganda to the northwest; Kenya to the northeast; the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to t ...

) * '' Disphericus benadirensis'' G.Müller, 1941 (

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) * '' Disphericus carinulatus'' Basilewsky, 1955 (Tanzania) * '' Disphericus clavicornis'' Kolbe, 1895 (

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 ...

) * '' Disphericus conradti'' Kolbe, 1895 (DR Congo, Tanzania) * '' Disphericus deplanatus'' G.Müller, 1949 (

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. ...

) * '' Disphericus gambianus'' G.R.Waterhouse, 1842 (Africa) * '' Disphericus insulanus'' Basilewsky, 1955 (

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) * '' Disphericus katangensis'' Burgeon, 1935 (DR Congo) * '' Disphericus kolbei'' Alluaud, 1914 (Kenya) * '' Disphericus meneghettii'' G.Müller, 1949 (Kenya) * '' Disphericus multiporus'' Bates, 1886 (

Cameroon Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It shares boundaries with Nigeria to the west and north, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the R ...

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, Congo) * '' Disphericus quangoanus'' Quedenfeldt, 1883 (Congo, DR Congo,

Angola Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-Central Africa, central coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Portuguese-speaking world, Portuguese-speaking (Lusophone) country in both total area and List of c ...

) * '' Disphericus rhodesianus'' Péringuey, 1904 (DR and

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) * '' Disphericus silvestrii'' G.Müller, 1949 (Cameroon) * '' Disphericus sulcostriatus'' Fairmaire, 1887 (DR, Tanzania,

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) * '' Disphericus tarsalis'' Bates, 1886 (

) * '' Disphericus zavattarii'' G.Müller, 1939 (

Ethiopia Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Ken ...

)

References

Panagaeinae {{Panagaeinae-stub