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Nycteis 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:

Nycteis alluaudi (Jeannel, 1949)
Nycteis apicalis (Fairmaire, 1904)
Nycteis brevicollis Laporte De Castelnau, 1834
Nycteis chloroptera (Alluaud, 1936)
Nycteis diegana (Jeannel, 1949)
Nycteis lampra (Alluaud, 1936)
Nycteis latiuscula Fairmaire, 1901
Nycteis madagascariensis (Gory, 1833)
Nycteis posticalis Fairmaire, 1901
Nycteis posticula (Alluaud, 1936)
Nycteis pustulata (Chaudoir, 1843)
Nycteis scapulata Fairmaire, 1901
Nycteis sicardi (Jeannel, 1949)
Nycteis signatipennis (Chaudoir, 1869)
Nycteis stellulata (Fairmaire, 1897)

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