''Loricera'' is a genus of ground beetles in the family

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, the sole genus of the subfamily Loricerinae. There are about 17 described species in ''Loricera''.

Species

These 17 species belong to the genus ''Loricera'': * ''Elliptosoma'' Wollaston, 1854 ** '' Loricera wollastonii'' Javet, 1852 (Madeira and Europe) * ''Plesioloricera'' Sciaky & Facchini, 1999 ** '' Loricera balli'' Sciaky & Facchini, 1999 (China) * ''Loricera'' ** '' Loricera aptena'' Ball & Erwin, 1969 (Mexico) ** '' Loricera barbarae'' Sciaky & Facchini, 1999 (China) ** '' Loricera decempunctata'' Eschscholtz, 1833 (North America) ** '' Loricera foveata'' LeConte, 1851 (North America) ** '' Loricera kryzhanovskiji'' Sciaky & Facchini, 1999 (China) ** '' Loricera mirabilis'' Jedlicka, 1932 (China) ** '' Loricera obsoleta'' Semenov, 1889 (China) ** ''

Loricera ovipennis ''Loricera'' is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae, the sole genus of the subfamily Loricerinae. There are about 17 described species in ''Loricera''. Species These 17 species belong to the genus ''Loricera'': * ''Elliptosoma'' ...

'' Semenov, 1889 (China) ** '' Loricera pilicornis'' (Fabricius, 1775) (

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) ** '' Loricera rotundicollis'' Chaudoir, 1863 (Guatemala and Mexico) ** '' Loricera stevensi'' Andrewes, 1920 (India and Nepal) *Unplaced ** † '' Loricera electrica'' Klausnitzer, 2003 ** † '' Loricera exita'' Scudder, 1900 ** † '' Loricera glacialis'' Scudder, 1877 ** † '' Loricera groehni'' Cai; Liu & Huang, 2017

References

External links

''Loricera pilicornis'' at Fauna Europaea
* * Carabidae genera {{Carabidae-stub