Biology:Coptoptera

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Short description: Genus of beetles

Coptoptera
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Subfamily: Lebiinae
Tribe: Lebiini
Subtribe: Pericalina
Genus: Coptoptera
Chaudoir, 1837

Coptoptera is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. There are about nine described species in Coptoptera, found in South Africa and Mozambique.[1][2]

Species

These nine species belong to the genus Coptoptera:

  • Coptoptera angusticollis Boheman, 1848 (South Africa)
  • Coptoptera apicalis (Péringuey, 1896) (South Africa)
  • Coptoptera brunnea Chaudoir, 1837 (South Africa)
  • Coptoptera capicola Péringuey, 1896 (South Africa)
  • Coptoptera longicollis Basilewsky, 1956 (South Africa)
  • Coptoptera malvernensis (Barker, 1919) (South Africa)
  • Coptoptera pugnax (Péringuey, 1896) (Mozambique)
  • Coptoptera simplex (Péringuey, 1896) (South Africa)
  • Coptoptera zuluana Basilewsky, 1956 (South Africa)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5169088 entry