''Trigonothops'' is a genus in the
beetle
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family
Carabidae
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. There are about 12 described species in ''Trigonothops'' found in
Oceania
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Species
These 12 species belong to the genus ''Trigonothops'':
* '' Trigonothops dimidiatus'' (W.J.MacLeay, 1888) (Australia)
* '' Trigonothops fasciatus'' W.J.MacLeay, 1888 (Australia)
* '' Trigonothops flavofasciatus'' Chaudoir, 1877 (Australia)
* '' Trigonothops lateralis'' Darlington, 1968 (Indonesia and New Guinea)
* '' Trigonothops longiplaga'' Chaudoir, 1877 (Australia)
* '' Trigonothops occidentalis'' Blackburn, 1892 (Australia)
* '' Trigonothops ornatus'' W.J.MacLeay, 1888 (Australia)
* '' Trigonothops pacificus'' (Erichson, 1842) (Australia and New Zealand)
* '' Trigonothops pallidicollis'' W.J.MacLeay, 1864 (Australia)
* '' Trigonothops pallidior'' W.J.MacLeay, 1888 (Australia)
* '' Trigonothops pescotti'' (Oke, 1951) (Australia)
* '' Trigonothops vittipennis'' Sloane, 1908 (Australia)
References
Lebiinae
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