Pheropsophus

{{Short description|Genus of beetles}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Pheropsophus siamensis - inat 128975648.jpg

| image_caption = Pheropsophus siamensis, Thailand

| display_parents = 2

| taxon = Pheropsophus

| authority = Solier, 1833

| diversity = at least 160 species

| subdivision_ranks = Subgenera

| subdivision =

  • Aptinomorphus Jeannel, 1949
  • Pheropsophus Solier, 1833
  • Stenaptinus Maindron, 1906

}}

Pheropsophus is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. It is considered a sister group of the genus Pheropsophidius within the subtribe Pheropsophina.Ikagawa, R. M., & Moore, W. (2022). Molecular phylogeny and revision of species groups of Nearctic bombardier beetles (Carabidae, Brachininae, Brachinus (Neobrachinus)). ZooKeys, 1131, 155.Erwin, T. L. (1969). A reclassification of bombardier beetles and a taxonomic revision of the North and Middle American species (Carabidae: Brachinida).

Species

These 163 species are members of the genus Pheropsophus

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References

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{{Cite web| title=Pheropsophus

| url=https://www.gbif.org/species/4474858

| website=GBIF

| access-date=2023-03-08

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{{Cite web| title=Pheropsophus Solier, 1833

| url=https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/8KVY3

| website=Catalogue of Life

| access-date=2023-03-08

}}

{{Cite web

| access-date = 2023-03-04

| title = Carabcat Database

| date = 2021

| last1 = Lorenz | first1 = Wolfgang

| volume = 5| issue = 2

| url = http://www.carabidfauna2.net/

| doi = 10.48580/dfqf-3dk| doi-access = free

}}

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