''Microferonia'' is a genus in the ground beetle 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 ...

. There are about 10 described species in ''Microferonia'', found in

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Species

These 10 species belong to the genus ''Microferonia'': * '' Microferonia adelaidae'' Blackburn, 1890 (Australia) * '' Microferonia alticola'' Baehr, 1998 (Indonesia and New Guinea) * '' Microferonia anchomenoides'' (W.J.MacLeay, 1871) (Australia) * '' Microferonia avicapitis'' Baehr, 1998 (Indonesia and New Guinea) * '' Microferonia baro'' Darlington, 1968 (New Guinea) * '' Microferonia cinctipennis'' Sloane, 1898 (Australia) * '' Microferonia habbemae'' Baehr, 1998 (Indonesia and New Guinea) * '' Microferonia howei'' B.Moore, 1992 (Australia) * '' Microferonia lucanoides'' (Andrewes, 1933) (Indonesia) * '' Microferonia marginata'' (Laporte, 1867) (Australia)

References

Licininae {{Licininae-stub