Orophicus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Carabidae |
Subfamily: | Platyninae |
Tribe: | Platynini |
Subtribe: | Platynina |
Genus: | Orophicus Alluaud, 1925 |
Orophicus is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are at least two described species in Orophicus, found in Mauritius. [1] [2]
These two species belong to the genus Orophicus:
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