Cychropsis

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Cychropsis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Subfamily: Carabinae
Genus: Cychropsis
Boileau, 1901
Subgenera
  • Cychropsis Boileau, 1901
  • Shuocychropsis Imura, 2002

Cychropsis is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are more than 50 described species in Cychropsis, found in China and the Indian subcontinent. [1] [2]

Species

These 55 species belong to the genus Cychropsis:

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References

  1. "Cychropsis". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
  2. "Cychropsis Boileau, 1901". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2021-11-12.