Omostropus
Genus of beetles
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Omostropus is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. There are about eight described species in Omostropus, found in Africa.[1][2]
| Omostropus | |
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| Omostropus, Botswana | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Subfamily: | Harpalinae |
| Tribe: | Harpalini |
| Subtribe: | Harpalina |
| Genus: | Omostropus Péringuey, 1896 |
Species
These eight species belong to the genus Omostropus:
- Omostropus australis Basilewsky, 1946 (South Africa)
- Omostropus cratognathoides (Chaudoir, 1876) (Kenya)
- Omostropus kilimanus Basilewsky, 1946 (Kenya, Tanzania)
- Omostropus mandibularis (Roth, 1851) (Africa)
- Omostropus minor Basilewsky, 1948 (Namibia, South Africa)
- Omostropus similis Péringuey, 1896 (Botswana)
- Omostropus tersulus Péringuey, 1896 (Zimbabwe, South Africa)
- Omostropus vicarius Péringuey, 1896 (Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa)
