''Ophonus'' is a
ground beetle
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genus
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native to the
Palearctic
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The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Sibe ...
(including
Europe
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), the
Near East
The ''Near East''; he, המזרח הקרוב; arc, ܕܢܚܐ ܩܪܒ; fa, خاور نزدیک, Xāvar-e nazdik; tr, Yakın Doğu is a geographical term which roughly encompasses a transcontinental region in Western Asia, that was once the hist ...
, the
Nearctic
The Nearctic realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting the Earth's land surface.
The Nearctic realm covers most of North America, including Greenland, Central Florida, and the highlands of Mexico. The parts of North America t ...
and
North Africa
North Africa, or Northern Africa is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region, and it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of Mauritania in ...
. It contains the following species in the following subgenera:
* Subgenus
Ophonus (Brachyophonus)
** ''
Ophonus krueperi''
Apfelbeck, 1904
** ''
Ophonus vignai''
Sciaky, 1987
* Subgenus
Ophonus (Hesperophonus)
** ''
Ophonus azureus''
(Fabricius, 1775)
** ''
Ophonus bartoni''
(Maran, 1935)
** ''
Ophonus chlorizans''
Solsky, 1874
** ''
Ophonus convexicollis''
Menetries, 1832
** ''
Ophonus cribricollis''
(Dejean, 1829)
** ''
Ophonus jailensis''
(Schauberger, 1926)
** ''
Ophonus libanigena''
Brulerie, 1876
** ''
Ophonus longicollis''
Rambur, 1838
** ''
Ophonus longipilis''
Sciaky, 1987
** ''
Ophonus minimus''
Motschulsky, 1845
** ''
Ophonus pumilio''
(Dejean, 1829)
** ''
Ophonus rebellus''
(Schauberger, 1926)
** ''
Ophonus rotundatus''
(Dejean, 1829)
** ''
Ophonus similis''
(Dejean, 1829)
** ''
Ophonus subquadratus''
(Dejean, 1829)
** ''
Ophonus wolfi''
Wrase, 1995
* Subgenus
Ophonus (Incisophonus)
** ''
Ophonus incisus''
(Dejean, 1829)
* Subgenus
Ophonus (Macrophonus)
''Ophonus'' is a ground beetle genus native to the Palearctic (including Europe), the Near East, the Nearctic and North Africa. It contains the following species in the following subgenera:
* Subgenus Ophonus (Brachyophonus)
** ''Ophonus krueper ...
** ''
Ophonus houskai''
(Jedlicka, 1955)
** ''
Ophonus oblongus''
(Schaum, 1858)
** ''
Ophonus phoenix''
(Tschitscherine, 1902)
* Subgenus
Ophonus (Metophonus)
** ''
Ophonus achilles''
Sciaky, 1987
** ''
Ophonus austrocaspicus''
Kataev & Belousov, 2001
** ''
Ophonus berberus''
Antoine, 1925
** ''
Ophonus castaneipennis''
Sciaky, 1987
** ''
Ophonus brevicollis''
(Audinet-Serville, 1821)
** ''
Ophonus cordatus''
(Duftschmid, 1812)
** ''
Ophonus cribratus''
(Peyron, 1858)
** ''
Ophonus cribrellus''
Reiche & Saulcy, 1855
** ''
Ophonus cunii''
Fairmaire, 1880
** ''
Ophonus davatchii''
(Morvan, 1981)
** ''
Ophonus elegantulus''
Sciaky, 1987
** ''
Ophonus ferrugatus''
Reitter, 1902
** ''
Ophonus gabrieleae''
Wrase, 1987
** ''
Ophonus gammeli''
(Schauberger, 1932)
** ''
Ophonus heinzianus''
Wrase, 1996
** ''
Ophonus hittita''
Sciaky, 1987
** ''
Ophonus hystrix''
Reitter, 1894
** ''
Ophonus israelita''
Brulerie, 1876
** ''
Ophonus jeanneli''
Sciaky, 1987
** ''
Ophonus judaeus''
Brulerie, 1876
** ''
Ophonus laticollis''
Mannerheim, 1825
** ''
Ophonus melletii''
(Heer, 1837)
** ''
Ophonus ophonoides''
(Jedlicka, 1958)
** ''
Ophonus parallelus''
(Dejean, 1829)
** ''
Ophonus puncticeps''
Stephens, 1828
** ''
Ophonus puncticollis''
(Paykull, 1798)
** ''
Ophonus rufibarbis''
(Fabricius, 1792)
** ''
Ophonus rupicola''
(Sturm, 1818)
** ''
Ophonus sahlbergianus''
(Lutshnik, 1922)
** ''
Ophonus scharifi''
(Morvan, 1977)
** ''
Ophonus schaubergerianus''
(Puel, 1937)
** ''
Ophonus sciakyi''
Wrase, 1990
** ''
Ophonus stricticollis''
Tschitscherine, 1893
** ''
Ophonus subsinuatus''
Rey, 1886
** ''
Ophonus syriacus''
(Dejean, 1829)
** ''
Ophonus transversus''
Motschulsky, 1844
** ''
Ophonus veluchianus''
(G.Muller, 1931)
** ''
Ophonus wrasei''
Sciaky, 1987
** ''
Ophonus xaxarsi''
(Schauberger, 1928)
* Subgenus
Ophonus (Ophonus)
** ''
Ophonus ardosiacus''
(Lutshnik, 1922)
** ''
Ophonus battus''
Reitter, 1900
** ''
Ophonus diffinis''
(Dejean, 1829)
** ''
Ophonus franziniorum''
Sciaky, 1987
** ''
Ophonus heinzi''
Wrase, 1991
** ''
Ophonus opacus''
(Dejean, 1829)
** ''
Ophonus quadricollis''
(Dejean, 1831)
** ''
Ophonus sabulicola''
(Panzer, 1796)
** ''
Ophonus stictus''
Stephens, 1828
References
Harpalinae
Carabidae genera
Taxa named by Pierre François Marie Auguste Dejean
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