Opisthius

{{short description|Genus of beetles}}

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| species = richardsoni

| parent_authority = Kirby, 1837

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Opisthius is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. This genus has a single species, Opisthius richardsoni, Richardson's false marsh and bog beetle, which is found in Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan, Yukon) and the United States (Alaska, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming). It inhabits the banks of rivers and big brooks.

Larvae have been recorded digging burrows.[https://epdf.pub/a-treatise-on-the-western-hemisphere-caraboidea-coleoptera-their-classification-.html A Treatise on the Western Hemisphere Caraboidea (Coleoptera)]