Afrotarus
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Afrotarus is a genus of beetle
s in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Beetle
Coleoptera is an order of insects commonly called beetles. The word "coleoptera" is from the Greek , koleos, "sheath"; and , pteron, "wing", thus "sheathed wing". Coleoptera contains more species than any other order, constituting almost 25% of all known life-forms...
s in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
- Afrotarus alluaudi Jeannel, 1949
- Afrotarus golanensis Kirschenhofer, 2010
- Afrotarus kilimanus (H. Kolbe, 1898)
- Afrotarus leleupi Basilewsky, 1962
- Afrotarus meruanus Basilewsky, 1962
- Afrotarus niger (Andrewes, 1935)
- Afrotarus raffrayi (Fairmaire, 1882)
- Afrotarus scotti (Basilewsky, 1948)