Licinus
Encyclopedia
Licinus is a genus of ground beetle
s in the Carabidae family native to the Palearctic
(including Europe
), the Near East
and North Africa
. It contains the following species:
Ground beetle
Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, approximately 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe.-Description and ecology:...
s in the Carabidae family native to the Palearctic
Palearctic
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is one of the eight ecozones dividing the Earth's surface.Physically, the Palearctic is the largest ecozone...
(including Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
), the Near East
Near East
The Near East is a geographical term that covers different countries for geographers, archeologists, and historians, on the one hand, and for political scientists, economists, and journalists, on the other...
and North Africa
North Africa
North Africa or Northern Africa is the northernmost region of the African continent, linked by the Sahara to Sub-Saharan Africa. Geopolitically, the United Nations definition of Northern Africa includes eight countries or territories; Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, South Sudan, Sudan, Tunisia, and...
. It contains the following species:
- Licinus aegyptiacus Dejean, 1826
- Licinus aequatus Audinet-Serville, 1821
- Licinus afghanistanus Jedlicka, 1967
- Licinus astrabadensis Reitter, 1902
- Licinus bartoni Maran, 1934
- Licinus cassideus (Fabricius, 1792)
- Licinus convexus Heyden, 1889
- Licinus cordatus Chaudoir, 1861
- Licinus corustes Andrewes, 1932
- Licinus depressus Paykull, 1790
- Licinus hoffmannseggii (Panzer, 1803)
- Licinus iranicus Jedlicka, 1968
- Licinus italicus Puel, 1925
- Licinus jaloricus Andrewes, 1927
- Licinus lindbergi Antoine, 1936
- Licinus manriquianus Wollaston, 1862
- Licinus merkli J. Frivaldszky, 1880
- Licinus mongolicus Reitter, 1900
- Licinus oblongus Dejean, 1826
- Licinus oertzeni Reitter, 1889
- Licinus peltoides Dejean, 1826
- Licinus planicollis Fauvel, 1888
- Licinus pubifer Reitter, 1897
- Licinus punctatulus (Fabricius, 1792)
- Licinus schuberti Jedlicka, 1968
- Licinus setosus J.R. Sahlberg, 1880
- Licinus silphoides P. Rossi, 1790
- Licinus submarginatus J.R. Sahlberg, 1903
- Licinus yezoensis Habu, 1947