''Merizomena'' is a genus in the
beetle
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family
Carabidae
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. There are about 13 described species in ''Merizomena''.
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Species
These 13 species belong to the genus ''Merizomena'':
* '' Merizomena afgana'' (Jedlicka, 1956) (Afghanistan)
* '' Merizomena arabica'' (Mateu, 1986) (Saudi Arabia)
* '' Merizomena basalis'' (Chaudoir, 1852) (Turkey)
* '' Merizomena buettikeri'' (Mateu, 1986) (Saudi Arabia)
* '' Merizomena castanea'' (Klug, 1832) (Middle East
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)
* '' Merizomena dimidiata'' (Ménétriés, 1848) (Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan)
* '' Merizomena grandinella'' (Semenov, 1889) (Iran and Turkmenistan)
* '' Merizomena klapperichi'' (Jedlicka, 1956) (Middle East, Afghanistan, and Pakistan)
* '' Merizomena schoenemanni'' (Kirschenhofer, 1994) (Iran)
* '' Merizomena silvatica'' Mikhailov, 1977 (Tadzhikistan)
* '' Merizomena tricolor'' (Gebler, 1845) (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan)
* '' Merizomena tschitscherini'' (Semenov, 1900) (Central Asia)
* '' Merizomena yemenita'' (Mateu, 1986) (Yemen)
References
Lebiinae
Carabidae genera
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