''Plagiopyga'' is a genus in the ground beetle family
Carabidae
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. There are about 13 described species in ''Plagiopyga'', found in Africa.
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Species
These 13 species belong to the genus ''Plagiopyga'':
* '' Plagiopyga camerunica'' Basilewsky, 1984 (Cameroon
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)
* '' Plagiopyga chaudoiri'' Basilewsky, 1943 (Rwanda
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, South Africa
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)
* '' Plagiopyga cyclogona'' (Chaudoir, 1850) (DR Congo
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, Tanzania
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, Zambia
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, Zimbabwe
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, Namibia
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, South Africa)
* '' Plagiopyga cymindoides'' Péringuey, 1896 (South Africa)
* '' Plagiopyga dolichocephala'' Basilewsky, 1954 (DR Congo)
* '' Plagiopyga endroedyi'' Basilewsky, 1984 (Zimbabwe, South Africa)
* '' Plagiopyga ferruginea'' Boheman, 1848 (Zimbabwe, South Africa)
* '' Plagiopyga leleupi'' Basilewsky, 1950 (DR Congo)
* '' Plagiopyga lissodera'' Basilewsky, 1954 (DR Congo)
* '' Plagiopyga namaqua'' Basilewsky, 1984 (South Africa)
* '' Plagiopyga rufa'' (Gory, 1833) (Namibia, South Africa)
* '' Plagiopyga taterae'' Basilewsky, 1950 (DR Congo)
* '' Plagiopyga transvaalensis'' Barker, 1919 (South Africa)
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Lebiinae
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