Checklist of Family Carabidae Latreille, 1802 (Carabid beetles)
for Lesotho (Southern Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 288
1975
3826 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 287
1972
3822 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 273
1944
3787 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 164
1390
2777 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 35
458
1067 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Adephaga
Schellenberg, 1806
Adephagans, Ground Beetles and Water Beetles | 3
48
91 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Caraboidea
Latreille, 1802
| 1
41
84 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Carabidae
Latreille, 1802
Carabid beetles, Carabids, Ground Beetles, Tiger Beetles | 41
84 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Lesotho
41 Genera with 84 Species
| Abacetus Dejean, 1831 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Abacillius Straneo, 1896 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Agonidium Jeannel, 1958 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Agonum Bonelli, 1828 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Bembidion Latreille, 1958 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Brachinus Weber, 1876 | Bombardier Beetle | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Calosoma Weber, 1831 | Caterpillar hunters | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Chlaenius Bonelli, 1876 | Vivid Metallic Ground Beetle | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Cicindela Linnaeus, 1913 | Common Tiger Beetles | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Cophosomorpha Tschitschérine, 1958 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Crepidogaster Dana, 1959 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cylindera Westwood, 1787 | Rounded-thorax Tiger Beetles | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cypholoba Chaudoir, 1831 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dinodes Bonet, 1848 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dromica Dejean, 1896 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dromius Bonelli, 1933 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Duvalius Delarouzee, 1913 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Elaphropus Motschoulsky, 1896 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Graphipterus Latreille, 1870 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Harpalodes Basilewsky, 1951 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Harpalus Latreille, 1862 | | 20 | Species | Taxom | | Hystrichopus Boheman, 1954 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Lebia Latreille, 1848 | colorful foliage ground beetle | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Lophyra Motschulsky, 1919 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Mesolestes Schatzmayr, 1848 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Metaxymorphus Chaudoir, 1850 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Microlestes Schmidt-Goebel, 1960 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nebria Latreille, 1792 | Gazelle Beetles | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ogmophora Tschitschérine, 1896 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Omostropus Péringuey, 1896 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pachydesus Motschoulsky, 1848 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parophonus Ganglbauer, 1829 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Passalidius Chaudoir, 1860 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paussus L., 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Plagiopyga Dana, 1851 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudomasoreus Desbrochers ..., 1954 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ropaloteres GUERIN-MENVILLE, 1892 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Siopelus Murray, 1926 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Trechosiella Jeannel, 1937 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Xenitenopsis Basilewsky, 1956 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Xenitenus Péringuey, 1896 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Lesotho
84 Species and 3 Subspecies | Abacetus (Caricus) minutus Dejean, 1831 | | | Abacillius aculeatus Péringuey, 1896 | | | Agonidium parvicolle Basilewsky, 1958 | | | Agonum (Europhilus) fuliginosum Panzer, 1809 | | | Agonum (Olisares) rufipes (Dejean, 1828) | ⇒ Agonum fuliginosum Panzer, 1809 | | Bembidion (Ananotaphus) errans Blackburn, 1888 | | | Bembidion (Omotaphus) mellissii Wollaston, 1869 | | | Bembidion drago Basilewsky, 1958 | | | Brachinus (Metabrachinus) armiger Dejean, 1831 | | | Brachinus (Metabrachinus) diffusus Chaudoir, 1876 | | | Calosoma (Campalita) chlorostictum Dejean, 1831 | | | Calosoma chlorostictum chlorostictum Dejean, 1831 | | | Calosoma (Ctenosta) planicolle Chaudoir, 1869 | | | Calosoma (Ctenosta) senegalense Dejean, 1831 | | | Chlaenius (Chlaeniostenus) leucoristus Chaudoir, 1876 | | | Chlaenius (Lissauchenius) fulvipes (Chaudoir, 1835) | ⇒ Chlaenius intermedius Chaudoir, 1856 | | Chlaenius (Rhysotrachelus) insignis Chaudoir, 1876 | | | Cicindela (Euzona) tetragramma Boisduval, 1835 | | | Cicindela (Ropaloteres) pudica Boheman, 1848 | | | Cicindela lineifera (Sloane, 1913) | ⇒ Cicindela tetragramma Boisduval, 1835 | | Cophosomorpha angustibasis Straneo, 1955 | | | Cophosomorpha minuta Straneo, 1958 | | | Crepidogaster (Crepidogaster) brincki Basilewsky, 1959 | | | Cylindera (Ifasina) octoguttata Fabricius, 1787 | | | Cypholoba gracilis Dejean, 1831 | | | Dinodes (Pachydinodes) bipustulatus (Boheman, 1848) | ⇒ Chlaenius bohemani Chaudoir, 1856 | | Dromica (Dromica) miranda Péringuey, 1896 | | | Dromius (Dromius) eremnus Andrewes, 1933 | | | Duvalius szladyi anubis Bokor, 1913 | | | Elaphropus (Sphaerotachys) hoemorroidalis Ponza, 1805 | | | Elaphropus ascendens Alluaud, 1917 | | | Elaphropus spurius Péringuey, 1896 | | | Graphipterus ancora Dejean, 1831 | | | Graphipterus atrimedius Chaudoir, 1870 | | | Graphipterus bonvouloiri Chaudoir, 1870 | | | Graphipterus cordiger Dejean, 1831 | | | Graphipterus incanus Dejean, 1831 | | | Graphipterus limbatus Castelnau, 1840 | | | Graphipterus sexvittatus Chaudoir, 1870 | | | Harpalus (Amblystus) luteicornis Dufischmid, 1812 | | | Harpalus (Harpalus) basuto Basilewsky, 1958 | | | Harpalus (Harpalus) corrugatus Basilewsky, 1958 | | | Harpalus (Harpalus) cursorius Péringuey, 1896 | | | Harpalus (Harpalus) defector Péringuey, 1896 | | | Harpalus (Harpalus) dubius Boheman, 1848 | | | Harpalus (Harpalus) fulvipennis (Chaudoir, 1843) | ⇒ Parophonus mendax P.Rossi, 1790 | | Harpalus (Harpalus) fuscoaeneus Dejean, 1829 | | | Harpalus (Harpalus) hybridus Boheman, 1848 | | | Harpalus (Harpalus) lugubris Boheman, 1848 | | | Harpalus (Harpalus) makhekensis Basilewsky, 1958 | | | Harpalus (Harpalus) nanniscus Péringuey, 1896 | | | Harpalus (Harpalus) natalensis Boheman, 1848 | | | Harpalus (Harpalus) natalicus Péringuey, 1896 | | | Harpalus (Harpalus) rufomarginatus Boheman, 1848 | | | Harpalus (Harpalus) spurius Péringuey, 1896 | | | Harpalus (Harpalus) venator Boheman, 1848 | | | Harpalus (Opadius) cordatus Duftschmid, 1812 | | | Harpalus (Pheuginus) servus Duftschmid, 1812 | | | Harpalus (Pseudoophonus) capito A.Morawitz, 1862 | | | Hystrichopus altitudinis Péringuey, 1899 | | | Hystrichopus atratus Chaudoir, 1850 | | | Hystrichopus brincki Basilewsky, 1958 | | | Hystrichopus platyderus Basilewsky, 1954 | | | Lebia (Lebia) imitator Péringuey, 1896 | | | Lebia (Nematopeza) nobilis Boheman, 1848 | | | Lophyra (Bothrylophyra) minax Wallengren, 1881 | | | Lophyra (Lophyra) clathrata Dejean, 1825 | | | Lophyra (Lophyra) fasciculicornis Barker, 1919 | | | Mesolestes (Mesolestinus) flavosignatus Boheman, 1848 | | | Microlestes solidus Mateu, 1960 | | | Nebria (Eunebria) psammodes P. Rossi, 1792 | | | Ogmophora peringueyi Tschitschérine, 1896 | | | Omostropus tersulus Péringuey, 1896 | | | Omostropus vicarius Péringuey, 1896 | | | Pachydesus rufipes Boheman, 1848 | | | Parophonus (Heterohyparpalus) caffer Boheman, 1848 | | | Parophonus (Hyparpalus) holosericeus Dejean, 1829 | | | Passalidius fortipes Boheman, 1860 | | | Pseudomasoreus capicola Basilewsky, 1954 | | | Ropaloteres pudicus hypocritus Péringuey, 1892 | | | Siopelus (Neosiopelus) connexus Péringuey, 1896 | | | Siopelus (Neosiopelus) pediobius Alluaud, 1926 | | | Trechosiella scotti Jeannel, 1937 | | | Xenitenopsis jacoti Basilewsky, 1956 | | | Xenitenus dilucidus Péringuey, 1896 | |
Subnodes of Carabidae with occurrences in Lesotho | Subfamily | Brachininae
Bonelli, 1810
| 2
3 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Carabinae
Latreille, 1802
| 1
3 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Cicindelinae
Latreille, 1802
Tiger beetles | 5
9 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Harpalinae
Bonelli, 1810
| 25
58 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Nebriinae
Laporte, 1834
| 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Paussinae
Latreille, 1807
Ant nest beetles, Flanged bombardier beetles, Paussines | 1
0 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Scaritinae
Bonelli, 1810
Pedunculate ground beetles | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Trechinae
Bonelli, 1810
| 5
9 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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