Eurycoleus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Carabidae |
Subfamily: | Lebiinae |
Tribe: | Lebiini |
Subtribe: | Pericalina |
Genus: | Eurycoleus Chaudoir, 1848 |
Eurycoleus is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. There are about nine described species in Eurycoleus, found in Central and South America. [1] [2]
These nine species belong to the genus Eurycoleus:
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