''Monocentrum'' is a genus in the ground beetle family
Carabidae
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. There are about 11 described species in ''Monocentrum'', found in
Australia
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Species
These 11 species belong to the genus ''Monocentrum'':
* '' Monocentrum convexum'' ( Sloane, 1905)
* '' Monocentrum frenchi'' (Sloane, 1905)
* '' Monocentrum grandiceps'' Chaudoir, 1868
* '' Monocentrum laticeps'' (Sloane, 1897)
* '' Monocentrum longiceps'' Chaudoir, 1868
* '' Monocentrum macros'' ( H. W. Bates, 1874)
* '' Monocentrum megacephalum'' (Hope
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, 1842)
* '' Monocentrum parallelum'' (Sloane, 1923)
* '' Monocentrum perlongum'' (Sloane, 1897)
* '' Monocentrum procerum'' (Sloane, 1916)
* '' Monocentrum robustum'' (Sloane, 1916)
References
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Scaritinae
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