Xestopus
Genus of beetles
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Xestopus is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are about eight described species in Xestopus.[1][2]
| Xestopus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Subfamily: | Platyninae |
| Tribe: | Sphodrini |
| Subtribe: | Dolichina |
| Genus: | Xestopus Andrewes, 1937 |
| Type species | |
| Pristonychus alticola Fairmaire, 1889 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Species
These eight species belong to the genus Xestopus:
- Xestopus alticola (Fairmaire, 1889) (China, India, and Myanmar)
- Xestopus bhutanensis (Morvan, 1979) (Bhutan)
- Xestopus cordicollis (Morvan, 1979) (Bhutan)
- Xestopus cyaneus Sciaky & Facchini, 1997 (China)
- Xestopus gutangensis Zhu & Kavanaugh, 2021 (China)
- Xestopus kumatai (Habu, 1973) (Nepal)
- Xestopus nepalensis Morvan, 1982 (Nepal)
- Xestopus walteri (Morvan, 1978) (Bhutan)
