''Geoscaptus'' is a genus of
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 ...
s in the 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 ...
, containing the following species:
* ''
Geoscaptus cacus
''Geoscaptus'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
* ''Geoscaptus cacus'' (William John Macleay, W. J. Macleay, 1863) (Indonesia, New Guinea, and Australia)
* ''Geoscaptus crassus'' Thomas Gibson Slo ...
''
( W. J. Macleay, 1863) (Indonesia, New Guinea, and Australia)
* ''
Geoscaptus crassus''
Sloane, 1895 (Australia)
* ''
Geoscaptus laevissimus''
Chaudoir, 1855 (Australia)
* ''
Geoscaptus macleayi''
Chaudoir, 1879 (Australia)
* ''
Geoscaptus plicatulus''
( Laporte, 1867) (Australia)
Parasites
In Australia, ''Geoscaptus laevissimus'' is parasitized by a species of mite, ''
Eutarsopolipus paryavae'' which dwells under the elytra.
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References
Scaritinae
Carabidae genera
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