''Ceroglossus'' is a genus of
beetle
Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...
s in the family
Carabidae
Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe. As of 2015, it is one of the 10 most species-rich animal fami ...
, whose members are restricted to
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...
and
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
. The genus contains the following species:
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Ceroglossus buqueti
''Ceroglossus buqueti'' is a beetle of the family Carabidae.
Description
''Ceroglossus buqueti'' reaches about in length. This species presents marked chromatic polymorphism and morphological variations in shape and in size depending on subspe ...
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Laporte, 1834
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Ceroglossus chilensis
''Ceroglossus chilensis'', the Chilean magnificent beetle, is a species of beetle of the family Carabidae.
Subspecies
* ''Ceroglossus chilensis angolicus'' Kraatz-Koschlau, 1888
* ''Ceroglossus chilensis chilensis'' Escholtz, 1829
* ''Ceroglo ...
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Eschscholtz, 1829
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Ceroglossus darwini''
Hope, 1837
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Ceroglossus magellanicus''
Gehin, 1885
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Ceroglossus olivaceus
''Ceroglossus'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, whose members are restricted to Chile and Argentina. The genus contains the following species:
* ''Ceroglossus buqueti'' Laporte, 1834
* ''Ceroglossus chilensis
''Ceroglossus chi ...
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Kraatz-Koschlau, 1886
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Ceroglossus snizeki
''Ceroglossus'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, whose members are restricted to Chile and Argentina. The genus contains the following species:
* ''Ceroglossus buqueti'' Laporte, 1834
* ''Ceroglossus chilensis'' Eschscholtz, 1829
* ...
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Jiroux, 2006
* ''
Ceroglossus solieri''
Roeschke, 1900
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Ceroglossus speciosus''
Gerstaecker, 1858
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Ceroglossus suturalis''
Fabricius, 1775
References
Carabinae
Carabidae genera
Beetles described in 1848
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