Sphaerostylus is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. There are about 15 described species in Sphaerostylus, found in Africa.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Subfamily: | Paussinae |
| Tribe: | Ozaenini |
| Subtribe: | Pseudozaenina |
| Genus: | Sphaerostylus Chaudoir, 1848 |
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Species
editThese 15 species belong to the genus Sphaerostylus:
- Sphaerostylus acutangulus (Jeannel, 1946) (Madagascar)
- Sphaerostylus alluaudi (Jeannel, 1946) (Madagascar)
- Sphaerostylus bimaculatus Kolbe, 1895 (Tanzania)
- Sphaerostylus brevipennis (Jeannel, 1946) (Madagascar)
- Sphaerostylus ditomoides (Brullé, 1835) (Madagascar)
- Sphaerostylus feai (Basilewsky, 1949)
- Sphaerostylus goryi (Laporte, 1834) (Madagascar)
- Sphaerostylus guineensis Alluaud, 1925 (Africa)
- Sphaerostylus insularis (Basilewsky, 1949)
- Sphaerostylus levis (Jeannel, 1946) (Madagascar)
- Sphaerostylus longipennis Chaudoir, 1854 (Madagascar)
- Sphaerostylus luteus (Hope, 1842) (Africa)
- Sphaerostylus punctatostriatus Chaudoir, 1868 (Madagascar)
- Sphaerostylus striatus Chaudoir, 1868 (Madagascar)
- Sphaerostylus vadoni (Jeannel, 1946) (Madagascar)
References
edit- ^ "GBIF, Sphaerostylus". Retrieved 2024-09-27.
- ^ "Catalogue of Life, Sphaerostylus Chaudoir, 1848". Retrieved 2024-09-27.