''Gonogenia'' is a genus of carabids 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 seven described species in ''Gonogenia'', found in Africa.
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Species
These seven species belong to the genus ''Gonogenia'':
* '' Gonogenia atrata'' (Boheman, 1848) (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 ...
, South Africa
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)
* ''Gonogenia endroedyi
''Gonogenia'' is a genus of carabids in the beetle family Carabidae. There are about seven described species in ''Gonogenia'', found in Africa.
Species
These seven species belong to the genus ''Gonogenia'':
* ''Gonogenia atrata'' (Boheman, 1848) ...
'' Basilewsky, 1980 (South Africa)
* '' Gonogenia immerita'' (Boheman, 1860) (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 ...
, Namibia, South Africa)
* '' Gonogenia oxygona'' (Chaudoir, 1844) (South Africa)
* '' Gonogenia rugosopunctata'' (Thunberg, 1806) (South Africa)
* '' Gonogenia spinipennis'' (Chaudoir, 1850) (South Africa)
* '' Gonogenia tabida'' (Fabricius, 1775) (South Africa)
References
Anthiinae (beetle)
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