Coptoptera
Genus of beetles
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Coptoptera is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. There are about nine described species in Coptoptera, found in South Africa and Mozambique.[1][2]
| Coptoptera | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Subfamily: | Lebiinae |
| Tribe: | Lebiini |
| Subtribe: | Pericalina |
| Genus: | Coptoptera Chaudoir, 1837 |
Species
These nine species belong to the genus Coptoptera:
- Coptoptera angusticollis Boheman, 1848 (South Africa)
- Coptoptera apicalis (Péringuey, 1896) (South Africa)
- Coptoptera brunnea Chaudoir, 1837 (South Africa)
- Coptoptera capicola Péringuey, 1896 (South Africa)
- Coptoptera longicollis Basilewsky, 1956 (South Africa)
- Coptoptera malvernensis (Barker, 1919) (South Africa)
- Coptoptera pugnax (Péringuey, 1896) (Mozambique)
- Coptoptera simplex (Péringuey, 1896) (South Africa)
- Coptoptera zuluana Basilewsky, 1956 (South Africa)
