''Cosmodiscus'' 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 ...
, first described by
Thomas Gibson Sloane in 1907.
Species
''Cosmodiscus'' contains the following species:
* ''
Cosmodiscus basilewskyi''
Straneo, 1956
* ''
Cosmodiscus brunneus''
Darlington, 1962
* ''
Cosmodiscus kivuana''
(Burgeon, 1935)
* ''
Cosmodiscus mirei''
Straneo, 1995
* ''
Cosmodiscus platynotus''
Bates, 1873
* ''
Cosmodiscus rubripictus''
Sloane, 1907
* ''
Cosmodiscus rufoapicalis''
Fedorenko, 2021
* ''
Cosmodiscus rufolimbatus''
Jedlicka, 1936
* ''
Cosmodiscus sharovae''
Fedorenko, 2021
* ''
Cosmodiscus umeralis''
Andrewes, 1937
References
Pterostichinae
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