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Genus: | Afrotarus Jeannel, 1949 |
Afrotarus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species: [1]
Beetles are a group of insects that form the order Coleoptera, in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 species, is the largest of all orders, constituting almost 40% of described insects and 25% of all known animal life-forms; new species are discovered frequently. The largest of all families, the Curculionidae (weevils) with some 80,000 member species, belongs to this order. Found in almost every habitat except the sea and the polar regions, they interact with their ecosystems in several ways: beetles often feed on plants and fungi, break down animal and plant debris, and eat other invertebrates. Some species are serious agricultural pests, such as the Colorado potato beetle, while others such as Coccinellidae eat aphids, scale insects, thrips, and other plant-sucking insects that damage crops.
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Eunostus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Progonochaetus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Siopelus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Lebiinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Carabidae.
Pseudomasoreus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Licininae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following genera:
Orthocerodus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Sphaerodinus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Sphaerostylus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Platyninae is a subfamily of ground beetles. Occasionally it was treated as a tribe Platynini of subfamily Harpalinae, particularly when this was circumscribed loosely.
Agonidium is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Lymnastis is a genus of ground beetles of the subfamily Trechinae.
Leptocolpodes is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Neobatenus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Neocolpodes is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Scaritinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following genera:
Reicheia is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
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