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Monotypic Carabidae genera

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Aenigma iris
species of insect
Amerinus linearis
Amerinus linearis is a species of beetle in the family Carabidae, the only species in the genus Amerinus.
Aplothorax burchelli
Aplothorax burchelli is a species of beetle in the family Carabidae, the only species in the genus Aplothorax. It is endemic to the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic. The genus has been found to be nested within Calosoma by phylogenomic analysis. It has not been seen since 1966-1967 and may now be extinct.
Cratacanthus dubius
Cratacanthus dubius is a species of beetle in the family Carabidae, the only species in the genus Cratacanthus.
Dercylinus impressus
Dercylinus is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. This genus has a single species, Dercylinus impressus. It is found in the United States.
Evolenes exarata
Evolenes is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. This genus has a single species, Evolenes exarata, found in the United States.
Abacaelostus
Abacaelostus filicornis is a species of beetle in the family Carabidae, the only species in the genus Abacaelostus.
Diachromus
Diachromus germanus is a species of ground beetle and the only species of the monotypic genus Diachromus.
Gaioxenus pilipalpis
Gaioxenus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae. Gaioxenus pilipalpis is the only species in the genus. This genus and species was first described by Thomas Broun in 1910. Broun based the descriptions on specimens he collected in Raurimu in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand. Gaioxenus pilipalpis is endemic to New Zealand.
Triplosarus novaezelandiae
Triplosarus novaezelandiae is a species of beetles in the family Carabidae, the only species in the genus Triplosarus. It is endemic to New Zealand.
Eriophonus grandiceps
Eriophonus grandiceps is a species of beetle in the family Carabidae, the only species in the genus Eriophonus.
Eurygnathus latreillei
Eurygnathus is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. This genus has a single species, Eurygnathus latreillei, found in Madeira.
Haplanister crypticus
Haplanister is a genus of carabids in the beetle family Carabidae. This genus has a single species, Haplanister crypticus, found in New Zealand.
Tinoderus singularis
Tinoderus singularis is a species of beetle in the family Carabidae, the only species in the genus Tinoderus. It is found in China.
Colfax
genus of insects
Liochirus cycloderus
Liochirus is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. This genus has a single species, Liochirus cycloderus. It is found in Asia.
Harponixus pubescens
Harponixus pubescens is a species of beetle in the family Carabidae, the only species in the genus Harponixus.
Cyptomicrus pollicis
Cyptomicrus is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. This genus has a single species, Cyptomicrus pollicis. It is found in Mauritius.
Dilonchus pictus
Dilonchus pictus is a species of beetles in the family Carabidae, the only species in the genus Dilonchus.
Bembidiomorphum
Bembidiomorphum is a genus of ground beetles in the Carabidae family . There are two described species in Bembidiomorphum, found in Chile.
Maoripamborus
Maoripamborus fairburni Brookes 1944 is a New Zealand endemic species of beetle (Coleoptera) in the family Carabidae, and within the tribe Pamborini. This is a monotypic genus, although there have been some unsubstantiated suggestions of additional undescribed species. The genus is found in the western areas of the Waikato, east Auckland (Hunua Ranges) and Northland, North Island of New Zealand and is sister taxon (closely related) to the Australian genus Pamborus. A Gondwana association.
Uenanthracus perigonoides
Uenanthracus is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. This genus has a single species, Uenanthracus perigonoides, found in Japan.
Heteracantha depressa
Heteracantha is a genus of carabids in the beetle family Carabidae. This genus has a single species, Heteracantha depressa. It is found in North Africa and southwest Asia.
Neohyparpalus parcepunctatus
Neohyparpalus parcepunctatus is a species of beetle in the family Carabidae, the only species in the genus Neohyparpalus.
Maoriharpalus sutherlandi
Maoriharpalus is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. This genus has a single species, Maoriharpalus sutherlandi. It is found in New Zealand.
Paralovricia
Paralovricia is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. This genus has a single species, Paralovricia beroni. It is found in Bulgaria.
Amarotypus
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Pseudanisotarsus nicki
Pseudanisotarsus is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. This genus has a single species, Pseudanisotarsus nicki, found in Argentina.
Neoodes tazieffi
Neoodes is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. This genus has a single species, Neoodes tazieffi. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Neophygas microcephalus
Neophygas is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. This genus has a single species, Neophygas microcephalus. It is found in Kazakhstan, China, Russia, and Mongolia.
Criniventer rufus
Criniventer is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. This genus has a single species, Criniventer rufus. It is found in Argentina.
Harpathaumas priscus
Harpathaumas is a genus of ground beetles in the subfamily Harpalinae. It has single species, Harpathaumas priscus.
Eutogeneius fuscus
Eutogeneius is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. This genus has a single species, Eutogeneius fuscus. It is found in Chile.
Rhysopus klynstrai
Rhysopus klynstrai is a species of beetle in the family Carabidae, the only species in the genus Rhysopus.
Miscodera
Miscodera arctica is a species of beetles in the family Carabidae, the only species in the genus Miscodera. It is circumpolar in distribution, predominantly northern, with outliers in New Hampshire and Maine in the continental U.S. Its relationships have been long disputed. Here it is placed in subfamily Broscinae. While it certainly belongs to the more advanced ground beetles, it was alternatively placed in the subfamily Trechinae.
Omestes torta
Omestes is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. This genus has a single species, Omestes torta. It is found in Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and Australia.
Kaffovatus basilewskyi
Kaffovatus is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. This genus has a single species, Kaffovatus basilewskyi. It is found in Ethiopia.
Egadyla antelmei
Egadyla antelmei is a species of beetle in the family Carabidae, the only species in the genus Egadyla.
Platylytron amplipenne
Platylytron is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. This genus has a single species, Platylytron amplipenne. It is found in Australia.
Megaloodes politus
Megaloodes is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. This genus has a single species, Megaloodes politus. It is found in Thailand and Vietnam.
Hololeius ceylanicus
Hololeius ceylanicus is a species of beetles in the family Carabidae, the only species in the genus Hololeius.
Straneoites
Straneoites is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. This genus has a single species, Straneoites morogoro. It is found in Tanzania.
Brachinulus
Brachinulus viettei is a species of beetle in the family Carabidae, the only species in the genus Brachinulus.
Schidonychus
Schidonychus is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. This genus has a single species, Schidonychus brasiliensis. It is found in Argentina and Brazil.
Stenoodes
Stenoodes is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. This genus has a single species, Stenoodes jeanneli. It is found in Madagascar.
Pseudoselenophorus imitator
Pseudoselenophorus is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. This genus has a single species, Pseudoselenophorus imitator. It is found in the African countries Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa.
Buderes
Buderes oberti is a species of beetles in the family Carabidae, the only species in the genus Buderes.
Loxogenius
Loxogenius is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. This genus has a single species, Loxogenius opacipennis. It is found in Australia.
Notabax
Notabax is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. This genus has a single species, Notabax monteithi. It is found in Australia.
Pseudodiachipteryx expansipennis
Pseudodiachipteryx is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. This genus has a single species, Pseudodiachipteryx expansipennis. It is found in Africa.
Apsaustodon
Apsaustodon segregatus is a species of beetle in the family Carabidae, the only species in the genus Apsaustodon.
Platymetopsis overali
Platymetopsis is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. This genus has a single species, Platymetopsis overali. It has been recorded in Brazil.
Jalzicaphaenops
Jalzicaphaenops is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae. It contains only one described species, Jalzicaphaenops poljaki, known from a single female holotype collected in the Dumenčića špilja cave near Rakovica in Croatia.
Indiophonus pilosus
Indiophonus is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. This genus has a single species, Indiophonus pilosus. It is found in India.
Platyhelluo
Platyhelluo is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. This genus has a single species, Platyhelluo weiri.
Proditomus
Proditomus is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. This genus has a single species, Proditomus mirus.
Abacops
Abacops is a genus of beetle in the family Carabidae; its only species is Abacops rugipennis.
Neoorthogonius
Neoorthogonius orientalis is a species of beetles in the family Carabidae, the only species in the genus Neoorthogonius.
Calathosoma
Calathosoma is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. This genus has a single species, Calathosoma rubromarginatum. It is found in New Zealand.
Penthus
genus of insects