| Pheropsophus | |
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| Pheropsophus siamensis, Thailand | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Subfamily: | Brachininae |
| Tribe: | Brachinini |
| Genus: | Pheropsophus Solier, 1833 |
| Subgenera | |
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| Diversity | |
| at least 160 species | |
Pheropsophus is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. [1] [2] [3] It is considered a sister group of the genus Pheropsophidius within the subtribe Pheropsophina. [4] [5]
These 163 species are members of the genus Pheropsophus
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