Biology:Somoplatus
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Short description: Genus of beetles
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Subfamily: | Lebiinae |
| Tribe: | Cyclosomini |
| Subtribe: | Masoreina |
| Genus: | Somoplatus Dejean, 1829 |
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Somoplatus is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are about 15 described species in Somoplatus, found in Africa and Europe.[1][2]
Species
These 15 species belong to the genus Somoplatus:
- Somoplatus amplicollis Basilewsky, 1986 (West Africa)
- Somoplatus brevicollis (Dejean, 1831) (West Africa)
- Somoplatus depilis Schüle, 2009 (Ivory Coast)
- Somoplatus elongatus Burgeon, 1936 (West Africa)
- Somoplatus fulvus Mulsant & Godart, 1867 (Europe, Africa)
- Somoplatus genierorum Schüle, 2009 (Burkina Faso)
- Somoplatus girardi Basilewsky, 1986 (West Africa)
- Somoplatus guineensis Basilewsky, 1986 (Guinea)
- Somoplatus hospes Andrewes, 1933 (India)
- Somoplatus ivoirensis Schüle, 2009 (Ivory Coast)
- Somoplatus morettoi Schüle, 2009 (Ivory Coast)
- Somoplatus pilicollis Schüle, 2009 (West Africa)
- Somoplatus septentrionalis Burgeon, 1936 (Sub-Saharan Africa)
- Somoplatus simillimus Basilewsky, 1986 (Sub-Saharan Africa)
- Somoplatus substriatus Dejean, 1829 (Europe, Africa)
References
- ↑ "Somoplatus Dejean, 1829". https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/8KYYJ.
- ↑ Lorenz, Wolfgang (2021). "Carabcat Database". doi:10.48580/dfqf-3dk. http://www.carabidfauna2.net/.
Wikidata ☰ Q7560504 entry
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