''Cryptobatis'' is a genus in the ground beetle family
Carabidae
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. There are about eight described species in ''Cryptobatis'', found in Central and South America.
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Species
These eight species belong to the genus ''Cryptobatis'':
* '' Cryptobatis brevipennis'' Chaudoir, 1877 (Brazil
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* '' Cryptobatis chontalensis'' Bates, 1883 (Guatemala
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* '' Cryptobatis cyanoptera'' (Dejean, 1825) (Brazil)
* '' Cryptobatis hexagona'' Putzeys, 1845 (Brazil)
* '' Cryptobatis inaequalis'' Chaudoir, 1877 (Brazil)
* ''Cryptobatis janthinipennis
''Cryptobatis'' is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. There are about eight described species in ''Cryptobatis'', found in Central and South America.
Species
These eight species belong to the genus ''Cryptobatis'':
* '' Cryptobatis b ...
'' (Buquet, 1835) (French Guiana
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* '' Cryptobatis janthoptera'' (Reiche, 1842) (Colombia
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and Panama
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* '' Cryptobatis laticollis'' Brullé, 1838 (Bolivia
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Lebiinae
Beetles of North America
Beetles described in 1829
Taxa named by Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz
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