Geoscaptus
Sign in to saveGeoscaptus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Taxonomy · GBIF
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderColeoptera
- FamilyCarabidae
Observations7
Groupinsecta
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2 sectionsContents
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Geoscaptus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species: Geoscaptus cacus (W. J. Macleay, 1863) (Indonesia, New Guinea, and Australia) Geoscaptus crassus Sloane, 1895 (Australia) Geoscaptus laevissimus Chaudoir, 1855 (Australia) Geoscaptus macleayi Chaudoir, 1879 (Australia) Geoscaptus plicatulus (Laporte, 1867) (Australia)
==Parasites== In Australia, Geoscaptus laevissimus is parasitized by a species of mite, Eutarsopolipus paryavae which dwells under the elytra.