''Meroctenus'' 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 ...
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 ...
first described by
Gemminger &
Harold in 1868.
Species
''Meroctenus'' contains the following ten species:
* ''
Meroctenus crenulatus''
(Chaudoir, 1843)
* ''
Meroctenus dabreui''
(Andrewes, 1924)
* ''
Meroctenus exaratus''
(Dejean, 1829)
* ''
Meroctenus mediocris''
(Andrewes, 1936)
* ''
Meroctenus melanarius''
(Boheman, 1848)
* ''
Meroctenus micans''
(Dejean, 1831)
* ''
Meroctenus nigerianus
''Meroctenus'' is a genus of beetle in the family Carabidae first described by Max Gemminger, Gemminger & Edgar von Harold, Harold in 1868.
Species
''Meroctenus'' contains the following ten species:
* ''Meroctenus crenulatus'' (Chaudoir, 1843 ...
''
Basilewsky, 1946
* ''
Meroctenus penthicus''
(Jeannel, 1948)
* ''
Meroctenus senegalensis''
(Dejean, 1829)
* ''
Meroctenus usambaranus''
Basilewsky, 1948
References
Harpalinae
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