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Checklist for Supertribe Pterostichitae Bonelli, 1810
and region Southern Africa (Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
754
15371
60267
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
750
15333
60124
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
715
15096
59373
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
442
12146
51799
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
116
4223
17152
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Adephaga
Schellenberg, 1806
Adephagans, Ground Beetles and Water Beetles
6
468
2421
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Caraboidea
Latreille, 1802
1
392
2131
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCarabidae
Latreille, 1802
Carabid beetles, Carabids, Ground Beetles, Tiger Beetles
392
2131
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyHarpalinae
Bonelli, 1810
247
1367
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SupertribePterostichitae
Bonelli, 1810
32
191
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Southern Africa
32 Genera with 191 Species
#ABCDHILMOPSTW
Abacetus Dejean, 053SpeciesTaxom
Abacidus LeConte, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Abacillius Straneo, 19622SpeciesTaxom
Abacops Tschitschérine, 18281SpeciesTaxom
Abax Bonelli, 17832SpeciesTaxom
Amara Bonelli, 1942Seed-Eating Ground Beetles4SpeciesTaxom
Aristopus LaFerté-Séne..., 19488SpeciesTaxom
Basilewskya Straneo, 19483SpeciesTaxom
Caelostomus W.S. Macleay, 19958SpeciesTaxom
Camptoscelis Dejean, 17953SpeciesTaxom
Capabatus Csiki, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Castelnaudia Tschitschérine, 1890
0SpeciesTaxom
Chalcochrous Chaudoir, 19756SpeciesTaxom
Chlaeminus Motschulsky, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Cophosomorpha Tschitschérine, 194040SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtomoscelis Chaudoir, 184821SpeciesTaxom
Dromistomus Jeannel, 18482SpeciesTaxom
Haptoderodes Straneo, 19862SpeciesTaxom
Holconotus Schmidt-Goebel, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Inkosa Péringuey, 19952SpeciesTaxom
Loxandrus LeConte, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Metaxys Chaudoir, 19082SpeciesTaxom
Molops Bonelli, 18682SpeciesTaxom
Morion Latreille, 18433SpeciesTaxom
Ogmophora Tschitschérine, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Poecilus Bonelli, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Pterostichus Bonelli, 1930Woodland Ground Beetle12SpeciesTaxom
Stereostoma Murray, 19476SpeciesTaxom
Sthenocranion Tschitschérine, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Strigomerus Chaudoir, 19414SpeciesTaxom
Teratotarsa Tschitschérine, 19264SpeciesTaxom
Wahlbergiana Bousquet, 18908SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Southern Africa
191 Species and 18 Subspecies
Abacetus (Abacetillus) optimus Péringuey, 1904
Abacetus (Abacetus) lucidulus Péringuey, 1896
Abacetus (Abacetus) nitens Tschitschérine, 1899
Abacetus (Abacetus) pavoninus Péringuey, 1899
Abacetus (Abacetus) percoides Fairmaire, 1868
Abacetus (Abacetus) proximus Péringuey, 1899
Abacetus (Abacetus) servitulus Péringuey, 1904
Abacetus (Astigis) aeneobus Chaudoir, 1869
Abacetus (Astigis) aeneus (Dejean, 1828)⇒ Abacetus antiquus Dejean, 1828
Abacetus (Astigis) confinis Boheman, 1848
Abacetus (Astigis) cursor Péringuey, 1899
Abacetus (Astigis) foveolatus Chaudoir, 1876
Abacetus (Astigis) majorinus Péringuey, 1896
Abacetus (Astigis) michaelseni Kuntzen, 1919
Abacetus (Astigis) obesulus Straneo, 1940
Abacetus (Astigis) planulus Straneo, 1940
Abacetus (Astigis) pumilus Boheman, 1848
Abacetus (Astigis) shilouvanus Péringuey, 1904
Abacetus (Astigis) trechoides Péringuey, 1896
Abacetus (Bisulcillus) rufipalpis Chaudoir, 1869
Abacetus (Caricus) aenescens Péringuey, 1896
Abacetus (Caricus) aterrimus Péringuey, 1896
Abacetus (Caricus) chalceus Chaudoir, 1869
Abacetus (Caricus) chalcites Péringuey, 1896
Abacetus (Caricus) claripes Straneo, 1949
Abacetus cyclomus cyclomus Tschitschérine, 1903
Abacetus (Caricus) fraternus Tschitschérine, 1899
Abacetus (Caricus) minutus Dejean, 1831
Abacetus (Caricus) nanus Chaudoir, 1869
Abacetus (Caricus) natalensis Chaudoir, 1869
Abacetus (Caricus) obtusus Boheman, 1848
Abacetus (Caricus) olivaceus Tschitschérine, 1900
Abacetus (Caricus) perplexus Péringuey, 1896
Abacetus (Caricus) rufoapicatus Straneo, 1940
Abacetus (Caricus) striatus Chaudoir, 1869
Abacetus (Caricus) tibiellus Chaudoir, 1869
Abacetus (Distrigodes) dainellii Straneo, 1940
Abacetus dainellii burgeoni Straneo, 1949
Abacetus dainellii dainellii Straneo, 1940
Abacetus (Distrigodes) evulsus Péringuey, 1904
Abacetus (Distrigodes) perturbator Péringuey, 1899
Abacetus (Distrigodes) pygmaeus Boheman, 1848
Abacetus pygmaeus pygmaeus Boheman, 1848
Abacetus (Distrigus) emeritus Péringuey, 1899
Abacetus (Distrigus) nigrinus Boheman, 1848
Abacetus (Distrigus) vexator Péringuey, 1904
Abacetus (Parastygis) piliger Chaudoir, 1876
Abacetus (Triaenabacetus) antiquus Dejean, 1828
Abacetus (Triaenabacetus) pubescens Dejean, 1831
Abacetus pubescens palustris Péringuey, 1896
Abacetus (Triaenabacetus) seineri Kuntzen, 1919
Abacetus aeneolus Chaudoir, 1870
Abacetus pertubator
Abacidus obesulus (LeConte, 1873)⇒ Pterostichus obesulus LeConte, 1873
Abacillius aculeatus Péringuey, 1896
Abacillius basilewskyi Straneo, 1962
Abacops rugipennis Dejean, 1828
Abax (Abax) ovalis Duftschmid, 1812
Abax (Abax) parallelepipedus (Piller & Mit..., 1783)⇒ Abax pilleri Csiki, 1916
Amara (Amara) familiaris Duftschmid, 1812Bareyed goby
Amara (Amara) ovata (Fabricius, 1792)⇒ Amara tricuspidata Dejean, 1831
Amara (Amara) similata Gyllenhal, 1810
Amara alpestris munda Holdhaus, 1942
Aristopus decorus Straneo, 1956
Aristopus distigma Tschitschérine, 1898
Aristopus longicornis Péringuey, 1899
Aristopus maculatus Straneo, 1939
Aristopus natalensis Straneo, 1983
Aristopus submarginatus Straneo, 1963
Aristopus submarginatus pseudangolanus Straneo, 1983
Aristopus ugandanus Straneo, 1948
Basilewskya geginati Schule, 2004
Basilewskya punctata Straneo, 1958
Basilewskya trachelocyphoides Straneo, 1948
Caelostomus (Caelostomus) amaroides Boheman, 1848
Caelostomus (Caelostomus) malvernensis Straneo, 1942
Caelostomus (Caelostomus) natalensis Péringuey, 1896
Caelostomus (Caelostomus) spurius Péringuey, 1926
Caelostomus (Caelostomus) subparallelus Straneo, 1941
Caelostomus subparallelus subparallelus Straneo, 1941
Caelostomus (Drimostomellus) intermedius Chaudoir, 1878
Caelostomus (Drimostomellus) subconvexus Straneo, 1995
Camptoscelis dissidens Péringuey, 1926
Camptoscelis hottentota Olivier, 1795
Camptoscelis hottentotta Olivier, 1795
Capabatus raffrayi Péringuey, 1899
Chalcochrous brevithorax Straneo, 1995
Chalcochrous degener Péringuey, 1896
Chalcochrous hera Tschitschérine, 1901
Chalcochrous lenis Germar, 1824
Chalcochrous otiosus Tschitschérine, 1898
Chalcochrous strictibasis Straneo, 1975
Chlaeminus (Chlaeminus) variegatus Straneo, 1939
Cophosomorpha agilis Straneo, 1995
Cophosomorpha alticola Péringuey, 1899
Cophosomorpha anceyi Tschitschérine, 1890
Cophosomorpha angulicollis Straneo, 1943
Cophosomorpha angustibasis Straneo, 1955
Cophosomorpha angustula Straneo, 1940
Cophosomorpha arnoldi Straneo, 1940
Cophosomorpha brincki Straneo, 1958
Cophosomorpha brittoni Straneo, 1940
Cophosomorpha caffra Dejean, 1828
Cophosomorpha capicola Tschitschérine, 1890
Cophosomorpha castelli Péringuey, 1926
Cophosomorpha congenera Péringuey, 1899
Cophosomorpha congruens Péringuey, 1896
Cophosomorpha crenicollis Straneo, 1986
Cophosomorpha dichroa Tschitschérine, 1890
Cophosomorpha endroedyi Straneo, 1986
Cophosomorpha fallaciosa Tschitschérine, 1899
Cophosomorpha femoralis Straneo, 1995
Cophosomorpha hessei Straneo, 1958
Cophosomorpha impunctata Straneo, 1975
Cophosomorpha laetans Péringuey, 1926
Cophosomorpha leleupiana Straneo, 1965
Cophosomorpha longelytrata Straneo, 1940
Cophosomorpha longula Straneo, 1951
Cophosomorpha macroptera Péringuey, 1899
Cophosomorpha minuta Straneo, 1958
Cophosomorpha natalensis Boheman, 1848
Cophosomorpha propinqua Péringuey, 1926
Cophosomorpha pseudocastelli Straneo, 1958
Cophosomorpha pseudocastelli durbanensis Straneo, 1958
Cophosomorpha pseudocastelli pseudocastelli Straneo, 1958
Cophosomorpha recticollis Straneo, 1940
Cophosomorpha rufina Straneo, 1940
Cophosomorpha sagittalis Straneo, 1940
Cophosomorpha similis Straneo, 1949
Cophosomorpha sinuatangula Tschitschérine, 1901
Cophosomorpha soror Tschitschérine, 1890
Cophosomorpha sublaetans Straneo, 1965
Cophosomorpha vansoni Straneo, 1940
Cyrtomoscelis abacetoides Straneo, 1958
Cyrtomoscelis ambigua Straneo, 1965
Cyrtomoscelis bangenia Straneo, 1995
Cyrtomoscelis caffra Péringuey, 1926
Cyrtomoscelis dwesana Straneo, 1991
Cyrtomoscelis elongata Straneo, 1939
Cyrtomoscelis ferruginea Boheman, 1848
Cyrtomoscelis ferruginoides Straneo, 1938
Cyrtomoscelis humicola Straneo, 1965
Cyrtomoscelis inflata Straneo, 1958
Cyrtomoscelis leonardii Straneo, 1991
Cyrtomoscelis longistria Straneo, 1986
Cyrtomoscelis major Straneo, 1939
Cyrtomoscelis minima Straneo, 1947
Cyrtomoscelis natalensis Chaudoir, 1874
Cyrtomoscelis ovalipennis Straneo, 1991
Cyrtomoscelis pauper Straneo, 1965
Cyrtomoscelis piriensis Straneo, 1965
Cyrtomoscelis rotundicollis Straneo, 1965
Cyrtomoscelis silvicola Straneo, 1991
Cyrtomoscelis trivialis Boheman, 1848
Dromistomus laticollis Boheman, 1848
Dromistomus laticollis laticollis Boheman, 1848
Haptoderodes convexus Straneo, 1986
Haptoderodes planulus Straneo, 1986
Holconotus africanus Tschitschérine, 1898
Inkosa latiuscula Péringuey, 1926
Inkosa minor Straneo, 1995
Loxandrus elaphropus Tschitschérine, 1898
Metaxys amoenulus Boheman, 1848
Metaxys rhodesianus Péringuey, 1908
Molops elatus elatus Fabricius, 1801
Molops piceus orthogonius Chaudoir, 1868
Morion attenuatus Barker, 1922
Morion costigerus Darlington, 1934
Morion guineensis Imhoff, 1843
Ogmophora peringueyi Tschitschérine, 1896
Poecilus (Ancholeus) wollastoni Wollaston, 1854
Pterostichus (Bothriopterus) adstrictus Eschscholtz, 1823Upland Blackclock
Pterostichus (Bothriopterus) pensylvanicus LeConte, 1873
Pterostichus (Criobius) barryorum Ball, 1962
Pterostichus (Cryobius) inopinatus Lutshnik, 1933
Pterostichus (Euferonia) coracinus (Newman, 1838)⇒ Pterostichus multipunctatus Dejean, 1828
Pterostichus (Gastrosticta) obesulus LeConte, 1873
Pterostichus (Hypherpes) adoxus Say, 1823
Pterostichus (Hypherpes) tristis Dejean, 1828Bynoe's goby
Pterostichus (Morphnosoma) melanarius Illiger, 1798European Dark Harp Ground Beetle
Pterostichus (Neohaptoderus) stictopleurus Fairmaire, 1888
Pterostichus (Unitrichus) exochus Andrewes, 1930
Stereostoma (Stereodema) angolense G.Muller, 1940
Stereostoma (Stereodema) camerunum G.Muller, 1940
Stereostoma (Stereodema) corpulentum Chaudoir, 1872
Stereostoma (Stereodema) hirtipenne G.Muller, 1940
Stereostoma (Stereodema) jeanneli Alluaud, 1933
Stereostoma (Stereodema) rhodesianum Straneo, 1947
Sthenocranion severini Tschitschérine, 1896
Strigomerus damarensis Kuntzen, 1919
Strigomerus ferrugineus Péringuey, 1896
Strigomerus ferrugineus ferrugineus Péringuey, 1896
Strigomerus marshalli Straneo, 1941
Teratotarsa crenicollis Straneo, 1965
Teratotarsa minor Péringuey, 1926
Teratotarsa schouberti Tschitschérine, 1893
Teratotarsa superciliaris Péringuey, 1926
Wahlbergiana alternans Straneo, 1951
Wahlbergiana alternans alternans Straneo, 1951
Wahlbergiana alternans basilewskyi Straneo, 1965
Wahlbergiana alternans fundusiana Straneo, 1965
Wahlbergiana alternans leleupi Straneo, 1965
Wahlbergiana inordinata Péringuey, 1899
Wahlbergiana subaequalis Straneo, 1965
Wahlbergiana undulatorugosa Tschitschérine, 1890

Subnodes of Pterostichitae with occurrences in Southern Africa
TribeAbacetini
Chaudoir, 1873
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeMorionini
Brullé, 1835
2
9
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribePterostichini
Bonelli, 1810
Woodland Ground Beetles
28
176
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeZabrini
Bonelli, 1810
Seed-Eating Ground Beetles
1
4
Genus
Species

Taxom