''Nomius'' is a genus of

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s 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 ...

. There are at least three described species in ''Nomius''.

Species

These three species belong to the genus ''Nomius'': * '' Nomius madagascariensis'' Basilewsky, 1967 (

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) * '' Nomius pygmaeus'' (Dejean, 1831) (North America, Europe, North Africa, temperate Asia) * '' Nomius schoutedeni'' Basilewsky, 1954 (Africa)

References

External links

* * Psydrinae Carabidae genera {{Psydrinae-stub