''Nycteis'' is a genus in the ground beetle family

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. There are about 15 described species in ''Nycteis'', found in

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Species

These 15 species belong to the genus ''Nycteis'': * '' Nycteis alluaudi'' (Jeannel, 1949) * '' Nycteis apicalis'' (Fairmaire, 1904) * '' Nycteis brevicollis'' Laporte, 1834 * '' Nycteis chloroptera'' (Alluaud, 1936) * '' Nycteis diegana'' (Jeannel, 1949) * '' Nycteis lampra'' (Alluaud, 1936) * '' Nycteis latiuscula'' Fairmaire, 1901 * '' Nycteis madagascariensis'' (Gory, 1833) * '' Nycteis posticalis'' Fairmaire, 1901 * '' Nycteis posticula'' (Alluaud, 1936) * '' Nycteis pustulata'' (Chaudoir, 1843) * '' Nycteis scapulata'' Fairmaire, 1901 * '' Nycteis sicardi'' (Jeannel, 1949) * '' Nycteis signatipennis'' (Chaudoir, 1870) * '' Nycteis stellulata'' (Fairmaire, 1897)

References

Lebiinae {{Lebiinae-stub