Madecassina - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Madecassina is a genus of beetle

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:

Madecassina alluaudi Jeannel, 1949
Madecassina angusticollis (Alluaud, 1899)
Madecassina curta (Alluaud, 1935)
Madecassina maculata (Alluaud, 1899)
Madecassina occipitalis Jeannel, 1949
Madecassina permira (Alluaud, 1935)
Madecassina picta (Alluaud, 1897)
Madecassina puncticollis Jeannel, 1949
Madecassina sicardi Jeannel, 1949
Madecassina tanala (Alluaud, 1935)

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