| Microschemus | |
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| Microschemus, Tanzania | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Subfamily: | Panagaeinae |
| Tribe: | Panagaeini |
| Subtribe: | Panagaeina |
| Genus: | Microschemus Andrewes, 1940 |
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Microschemus is a genus of in the beetle family Carabidae. There are more than 20 described species in Microschemus found in Africa and southern Asia. [1] [2]
These 29 species belong to the genus Microschemus:
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Bradybaenus is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. There are about 16 described species in Bradybaenus.
Platymetopus is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. There are more than 30 described species in Platymetopus, found mainly in Africa and southern Asia.
Progonochaetus is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. There are more than 50 described species in Progonochaetus, found mostly in Africa, but also in Asia, Madagascar, and the island of Reunion.
Siopelus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, found mainly in Africa.
Tetragonoderus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae.
Licininae is a subfamily of in the beetle family Cicindelidae. There are more than 80 genera and 1,800 described species in Licininae.
Brachyodes is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. There are more than 40 described species in Brachyodes.
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Liagonum is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are more than 50 described species in Liagonum, most found in Africa.
Oodini is a ground beetle tribe in the subfamily Harpalinae. Oodines are found worldwide and are generally associated with standing water. This tribe contains more than 400 species arrayed in 43 genera. Beetles in Oodini are distinguishable from other members of Carabidae by a combination of two characters: a laterally coadunate metepisternum, and an elytral ridge formed by the fusion of intervals 7 and 8.
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