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Carabidae of southern Africa

A guide to the carabidae- ground beetles of southern Africa.

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Cosmopolitan Ground Beetle 1
Laemostenus complanatus
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Calleida 2
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Common Oogpister 3
Anthia thoracica
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Anthia circumscripta 4
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Anthia cinctipennis 5
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Anthia 5
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Velvet Ground Beetle 6
Graphipterus limbatus
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Lophyra neglecta intermediola 7
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Lophyra neglecta 7
Cylindera dissimilis
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Megacephala regalis 8
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Myriochila melancholica 3
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Tefflus carinatus 9
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Dromica alboclavata 10
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Cypholoba graphipteroides 11
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Habrodera capensis 12
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Habrodera nilotica 13
Cerapterus laceratus
240px tiger beetle platychile pallida (fabricius, 1801), male and female
Platychile pallida 14
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Dromica mesothoracica 15
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Tefflus carinatus violaceus 9
Eccoptoptera cupricollis
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Eccoptoptera mutilloides 16
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Calosoma planicolle 7
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Dromica miranda 17
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Drypta dentata 18
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Lophyra differens 19
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Cypholoba alveolata 20
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Tefflus meyerlei 20
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Eugrapha dissimilis 3
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Graphipterus cordiger 21
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Kokwanyanayamahlabaneng 21
Graphipterus atrimedius
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Lebistina subcruciata 21
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Tefflus meyerlei delegorguei 21
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Baeoglossa anthracina 4
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Manticora scabra 22
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Chaetodera regalis 23
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Graphipterus fasciatus 24
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Graphipterus fasciatus distinctus 25
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Burrowing Ground Beetle 26
Passalidius fortipes
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Cicindela lurida 26
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Brachinus nobilis 21
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Heteropaussus alternans 21
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Cypholoba opulenta 21
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Drypta distincta 21
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Anthia maxillosa 27
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Gonogenia rugosopunctata 26
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Cylindera disjuncta 28
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Elliptica compressicornis 29
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Atractonotus mulsanti 30
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Bradybaenus opulentus 31
Catascopus rufifemoratus
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Lined Velvet Ground Beetle 32
Graphipterus lineolatus
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Rhopalomelus angusticollis 21
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Platytarus tesselatus 30
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Graphipterus wahlbergi 30
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Boeomimetes atratus 21
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Lachnothorax pustulatus 30
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Cymindoidea virgulifera 21
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Parena ferruginea 30
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Amblystomus amabilis 30
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Parasiopelus ornatus 30
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Cycloloba septemguttata 27
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Dromica limpopoiana 30
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Brachinus dorsalis 30
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Chlaenius fasciger 30
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Graphipterus congoensis 30
Arsinoe caffra
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Platymetopus figuratus 30
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Amblystomus blandus 30
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Amblystomus umbrifer 30
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Chlaenius perspicillaris 30
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Chlaenius varians 31
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Calosoma chlorostictum 21
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Chlaenius peringueyi 30
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Threeline Velvet Groundbeetle 27
Graphipterus trilineatus
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Chlaenius signatus 22
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Graphipterus bonvouloiri 32
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Graphipterus femoratus 27
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Dromica tenella 30
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Graphipterus lateralis 33
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Thermophilum fornasinii 34
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Calosoma senegalense 35
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Graphipterus westwoodi 30
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Idiomelas crenulatus 30
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Chlaenius sulcipennis 30
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Lebia inconspicua 30
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Ooidius dorsiger 30
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Bembidion foveolatum 30
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Manticora tibialis 28
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Manticora tuberculata 36
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Paussus rusticus 21
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Chlaenius dusaultii 37
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Chlaenius bifenestratus 30
Chlaenius caffer
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Baeoglossa villosa 27
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Paussus aristoteli 38
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Anthia cephalotes 27
Chlaenius zanzibaricus
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Epigraphus adoxus 30

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