''Oecornis'' is a genus in the
beetle
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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 ...
. There are at least two described species in ''
Oecornis'', found in
Africa
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Species
These two species belong to the genus ''Oecornis'':
* '' Oecornis nidicola'' Britton, 1940 (Tanzania)
* '' Oecornis vadoni'' (Jeannel, 1949) (Madagascar)
References
Lebiinae
Carabidae genera
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