Tantillus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Carabidae |
Subfamily: | Lebiinae |
Tribe: | Lebiini |
Subtribe: | Pericalina |
Genus: | Tantillus Chaudoir, 1870 |
Synonyms | |
MochtheroidesAndrewes, 1923 |
Tantillus is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are about 12 described species in Tantillus, found in South and Southeast Asia. [1] [2]
These 12 species belong to the genus Tantillus:
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