Oreodicastes
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Oreodicastes is a genus of beetle
s in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Beetle
Coleoptera is an order of insects commonly called beetles. The word "coleoptera" is from the Greek , koleos, "sheath"; and , pteron, "wing", thus "sheathed wing". Coleoptera contains more species than any other order, constituting almost 25% of all known life-forms...
s in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
- Oreodicastes aeacus Shpeley & Ball, 2000
- Oreodicastes gounellei Maindron, 1906
- Oreodicastes minos Shpeley & Ball, 2000
- Oreodicastes rhadamanthus Shpeley & Ball, 2000
- Oreodicastes subcyanea (Chaudoir, 1843)
- Oreodicastes virginia Shpeley & Ball, 2001
- Oreodicastes zikani Shpeley & Ball, 2001