The Sternophoridae are a family of

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s with about 20 described species in three genera. While ''Afrosternophorus'' is an

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genus, found mainly in

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(with, despite its name, only one

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n species), the other two genera are found in the

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, from

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to the southern USA and in the

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Species

* '' Afrosternophorus'' Beier, 1967 :* '' Afrosternophorus aethiopicus'' Beier, 1967 —

Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...

:* '' Afrosternophorus anabates''

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, 1985 — Australia :* '' Afrosternophorus araucariae'' Beier, 1971 —

New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of Papua New Guinea, which is spoken in surrounding areas of Port Moresby (Capital of Papua New Guinea). It is a simplified version of ...

:* '' Afrosternophorus cavernae'' Beier, 1982 — New Guinea :* '' Afrosternophorus ceylonicus'' Beier, 1973 — India,

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

:* '' Afrosternophorus chamberlini'' Redikorzev, 1938 —

Laos Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist ...

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:* '' Afrosternophorus cylindrimanus'' Beier, 1951 — Laos :* '' Afrosternophorus dawydoffi'' Beier, 1951 —

Cambodia Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailand t ...

, Vietnam :* '' Afrosternophorus fallax'' Harvey, 1985 — Vietnam :* '' Afrosternophorus grayi'' Beier, 1971 — New Guinea :* '' Afrosternophorus hirsti'' J.C. Chamberlin, 1932 — Australia :* '' Afrosternophorus nanus'' Harvey, 1985 — Australia :* '' Afrosternophorus papuanus'' Beier, 1975 — New Guinea :* '' Afrosternophorus xalyx'' Harvey, 1985 — Australia * '' Garyops'' Banks, 1909 :* '' Garyops centralis'' Beier, 1953 —

:* '' Garyops depressus'' Banks, 1909 —

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:* '' Garyops ferrisi'' J.C. Chamberlin, 1932 — Mexico :* '' Garyops sini'' J.C. Chamberlin, 1923 — Mexico * '' Idiogaryops'' Hoff, 1963 :* '' Idiogaryops paludis'' J.C. Chamberlin, 1932 — southeastern United States :* '' Idiogaryops pumilus'' Hoff, 1963 — Florida

References

* Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog
Sternophoridae
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