Xestopus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Subfamily: Platyninae
Tribe: Sphodrini
Subtribe: Dolichina
Genus: Xestopus
Andrewes, 1937
Type species
Pristonychus alticola
Fairmaire, 1889
Synonyms
  • Nepalocalathus Habu, 1973
  • Wittmerosphodrus Morvan, 1978

Xestopus is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are about eight described species in Xestopus.[1][2]

Species

These eight species belong to the genus Xestopus:

  • Xestopus alticola (Fairmaire, 1889) (China, India, and Myanmar)
  • Xestopus bhutanensis (Morvan, 1979) (Bhutan)
  • Xestopus cordicollis (Morvan, 1979) (Bhutan)
  • Xestopus cyaneus Sciaky & Facchini, 1997 (China)
  • Xestopus gutangensis Zhu & Kavanaugh, 2021 (China)
  • Xestopus kumatai (Habu, 1973) (Nepal)
  • Xestopus nepalensis Morvan, 1982 (Nepal)
  • Xestopus walteri (Morvan, 1978) (Bhutan)

References

  1. "Xestopus". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
  2. "Xestopus Andrewes, 1937". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2021-11-13.


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