''Protopidius'' 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 five described species in ''Protopidius''.
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Species
These five species belong to the genus ''Protopidius'':
* ''Protopidius brevis
''Protopidius'' is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. There are about five described species in ''Protopidius''.
Species
These five species belong to the genus ''Protopidius'':
* '' Protopidius brevis'' Lecordier, 1990 (DR Congo)
* ...
'' Lecordier, 1990 (DR Congo
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* '' Protopidius bruneaui'' Lecordier & Girard, 1987 (Cameroon
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)
* '' Protopidius congoanus'' Basilewsky, 1949 (Guinea
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, DR Congo, Rwanda
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, Burundi
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)
* ''Protopidius obesus
''Protopidius'' is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. There are about five described species in ''Protopidius''.
Species
These five species belong to the genus ''Protopidius'':
* '' Protopidius brevis'' Lecordier, 1990 (DR Congo)
* ...
'' Lecordier & Girard, 1987 (Cameroon)
* '' Protopidius strictus'' Lecordier, 1990 (Ethiopia
Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Ken ...
)
References
Licininae
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