''Eunostus'' is a genus of 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 15 described species in ''Eunostus'', found in Africa.
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Species
These 15 species belong to the genus ''Eunostus'':
* '' Eunostus allardi'' Basilewsky, 1957 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
* '' Eunostus burgeoni'' Alluaud, 1919 (Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Togo, Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
* '' Eunostus chappuisi'' Alluaud, 1936 (Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Rwanda, Zambia)
* '' Eunostus crampeli'' Alluaud, 1919 (Ivory Coast, Central African Republic, Gabon)
* ''Eunostus guieinzii
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'' Chaudoir, 1862 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, South Africa)
* '' Eunostus guineensis'' Straneo, 1943 (Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
* '' Eunostus harrarensis'' Alluaud, 1919 (Somalia and Kenya)
* '' Eunostus insignis'' Alluaud, 1919 (Madagascar)
* '' Eunostus latreillei'' Laporte, 1835 (Madagascar)
* '' Eunostus milloti'' Jeannel, 1949 (Madagascar)
* '' Eunostus minimus'' Kavanaugh & Rainio, 2016 (Madagascar)
* '' Eunostus perrieri'' Jeannel, 1949 (Madagascar)
* '' Eunostus puncticeps'' Basilewsky, 1957 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
* '' Eunostus sicardi'' Jeannel, 1949 (Madagascar)
* '' Eunostus vuilleti'' Alluaud, 1919 (Senegal/ Gambia, Guinea, Niger, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
References
Dryptinae
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