Lonchosternus

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Lonchosternus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Subfamily: Licininae
Tribe: Oodini
Subtribe: Oodina
Genus: Lonchosternus
LaFerté-Sénectère, 1851

Lonchosternus is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. There are more than 20 described species in Lonchosternus found mainly in Africa, but also on the Iberian Peninsula. [1] [2]

Species

These 23 species belong to the genus Lonchosternus:

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References

  1. "Lonchosternus LaFerté-Sénectère, 1851". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
  2. Lorenz, Wolfgang (2021). "Carabcat Database". doi: 10.48580/dfqf-3dk . Retrieved 2023-04-13.