Odacantha
Encyclopedia
Odacantha is a genus of ground beetle
native to the Palearctic
(including Europe
) and the Near East
. 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:...
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...
) and 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...
. It contains the following species:
- Odacantha aegrota Bates, 1883
- Odacantha chinensis Jedlicka, 1963
- Odacantha composita Liebke, 1938
- Odacantha cyanea Laferte-Senectere, 1849
- Odacantha flavipennis Liebke, 1931
- Odacantha hagai Nemoto, 1989
- Odacantha insulicola Basilewsky, 1977
- Odacantha laportei Chaudoir, 1848
- Odacantha melanura (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Odacantha metallica Fairmaire, 1889
- Odacantha pomposa Liebke, 1933
- Odacantha puziloi Solsky, 1875
- Odacantha seriepunctata Chaudoir, 1878
- Odacantha subcomposita Basilewsky, 1970
- Odacantha swazina Basilewsky, 1965