Hystrichopus

Phylum:Arthropoda

Class:Insecta

Order:Coleoptera

Suborder:Adephaga

Hystrichopus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Carabidae
Tribe:	Lebiini
Subtribe:	Cymindidina
Genus:	Hystrichopus Boheman, 1848
Subgenera
Assadecma Basilewsky[1] Pseudomasoreus Desbrochers des Loges Hystrichopus (s.s.) Boheman Plagiopyga Boheman
Synonyms
Assoterus Peringuey, 1896[2] Astus Peringuey, 1896 Ctenoncus Chaudoir, 1850

Hystrichopus is a genus of inconspicuous, nocturnal^[3] beetles in the family Carabidae. The genus is native to the greater part of the Afrotropics and locally to the southern Palaearctic.^[1]