Masoreus
Encyclopedia
Masoreus is a genus of ground beetle
native to the Palearctic
(including Europe
), the Near East
and North Africa
. It contains the following species:
Ground beetle
Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, approximately 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe.-Description and ecology:...
native to the Palearctic
Palearctic
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is one of the eight ecozones dividing the Earth's surface.Physically, the Palearctic is the largest ecozone...
(including Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
), the Near East
Near East
The Near East is a geographical term that covers different countries for geographers, archeologists, and historians, on the one hand, and for political scientists, economists, and journalists, on the other...
and North Africa
North Africa
North Africa or Northern Africa is the northernmost region of the African continent, linked by the Sahara to Sub-Saharan Africa. Geopolitically, the United Nations definition of Northern Africa includes eight countries or territories; Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, South Sudan, Sudan, Tunisia, and...
. It contains the following species:
- Masoreus aegyptiacus Dejean, 1821
- Masoreus affinis Chaudoir, 1843
- Masoreus alticola Wollaston, 1864
- Masoreus grandis Zimmermann, 1834
- Masoreus orientalis Dejean, 1828
- Masoreus saharensis Mateu, 1984
- Masoreus wetterhallii Gyllenhal, 1813