| Synuchus | |
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| Synuchus impunctatus, British Columbia, Canada | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Superfamily: | Caraboidea |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Subfamily: | Harpalinae |
| Genus: | Synuchus Gyllenhal, 1810 |
Synuchus is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. There are more than 80 described species in Synuchus. [1] [2] [3]
These 86 species belong to the genus Synuchus:
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