Tapinopterus

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Tapinopterus
Tapinopterus kapparicola schatzmayri (Straneo, 1935) (2899087350).jpg
Tapinopterus kapparicola
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Subfamily: Pterostichinae
Tribe: Pterostichini
Subtribe: Pterostichina
Genus: Tapinopterus
Schaum, 1858
Subgenera
  • Crisimus Habelmann, 1885
  • Hoplauchenium Tschitscherine, 1900
  • Hoplodactylella E.Strand, 1936
  • Molopsis Schatzmayr, 1943
  • Percosteropus Ganglbauer, 1897
  • Pseudomolopsis Giachino; Picciau; Vailati & Casale, 2012
  • Pterotapinus Heyden, 1883
  • Tapinopercus Maran, 1932
  • Tapinopterus Schaum, 1858

Tapinopterus is a genus of in the beetle family Carabidae. There are more than 70 described species in Tapinopterus, found in Europe and southwest Asia. [1] [2]

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Species

These 75 species belong to the genus Tapinopterus:

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References

  1. "Tapinopterus Schaum, 1858". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
  2. Lorenz, Wolfgang (2021). "Carabcat Database". doi: 10.48580/dfqf-3dk . Retrieved 2023-03-04.