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Somoplatus 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:

Somoplatus amplicollis Basilewsky, 1986
Somoplatus brevicollis (Dejean, 1831)
Somoplatus elongatus Burgeon, 1936
Somoplatus fulvus Mulsant & Godart, 1867
Somoplatus girardi Basilewsky, 1986
Somoplatus guineensis Basilewsky, 1986
Somoplatus hospes Andrewes, 1933
Somoplatus simillimus Basilewsky, 1986
Somoplatus substriatus Dejean, 1829

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