| Scaraphites | |
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| Scaraphites hirtipes, Australia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Subfamily: | Scaritinae |
| Tribe: | Scaritini |
| Subtribe: | Carenina |
| Genus: | Scaraphites Westwood, 1842 |
Scaraphites is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. There are about seven described species in Scaraphites, found in Australia. [1] [2]
These seven species belong to the genus Scaraphites:
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