''Mochtherus'' is a genus 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 11 described species in ''Mochtherus''.

Species

These 11 species belong to the genus ''Mochtherus'': * '' Mochtherus asemus'' Andrewes, 1924 (Indonesia) * '' Mochtherus dentatus'' Baehr, 2016 (Indonesia) * '' Mochtherus kelantanensis'' Kirschenhofer, 1999 * '' Mochtherus latithorax'' Jedlicka, 1935 (Philippines) * '' Mochtherus longipennis'' Jedlicka, 1935 (Philippines) * '' Mochtherus luctuosus'' Putzeys, 1875 (South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan) * '' Mochtherus magnus'' Andrewes, 1930 (Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia) * '' Mochtherus obscurabasis'' Hunting & Yang, 2019 (Taiwan) * '' Mochtherus obscurus'' (Sloane, 1907) (Indonesia, New Guinea, and Australia) * '' Mochtherus sulawesiensis'' Kirschenhofer, 2010 (Indonesia) * '' Mochtherus tetraspilotus'' (W.S.MacLeay, 1825) (East and Southeast Asia, Australia)

References

External links

''Mochtherus tetraspilotus'', an Asian ground beetle
on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures website. Lebiinae Carabidae genera {{lebiinae-stub