Microschemus

Microschemus is a genus of in the beetle family Carabidae. There are more than 20 described species in Microschemus found in Africa and southern Asia.^[1][2]

Microschemus
Microschemus, Tanzania
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Carabidae
Subfamily:	Panagaeinae
Tribe:	Panagaeini
Subtribe:	Panagaeina
Genus:	Microschemus Andrewes, 1940
Synonyms
Microcosmodes E.Strand, 1936

Species

These 29 species belong to the genus Microschemus:

• Microschemus amabilis (Dejean, 1831) (Africa)
• Microschemus angolensis (Chaudoir, 1879) (Congo (Brazzaville) and Angola)
• Microschemus arabicus (Häckel & Azadbakhsh) (Saudi Arabia, Oman, and Yemen)
• Microschemus barkeri (Fedorenko, 2015) (South Africa)
• Microschemus chaudoiri (Raffray, 1886) (Eritrea and Somalia)
• Microschemus cheranganensis (Burgeon, 1936) (Kenya)
• Microschemus cruciatus (Dejean, 1831) (Senegal/ Gambia, Ivory Coast, and Chad)
• Microschemus diversopictus (Basilewsky, 1949) (Mozambique)
• Microschemus elegans (Dejean, 1826) (Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and India)
• Microschemus flavopilosus (LaFerté-Sénectère, 1851) (South and Southeast Asia)
• Microschemus grandis Basilewsky, 1946 (Senegal/ Gambia, Burkina Faso, and Benin)
• Microschemus laetiusculus (Chaudoir, 1879) (Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and South Africa)
• Microschemus laetus (Dejean, 1831) (Africa)
• Microschemus laticornis (Kirschenhofer, 2000) (Myanmar and Thailand)
• Microschemus luebberti (Kuntzen, 1919) (Namibia)
• Microschemus marakwetianus (Burgeon, 1936) (Kenya)
• Microschemus natalensis (Péringuey, 1896) (South Africa)
• Microschemus notabilis (Xie & Yu, 1991) (China)
• Microschemus pallipes (Fedorenko, 2015) (Vietnam)
• Microschemus perrieri Jeannel, 1949 (Madagascar)
• Microschemus persicus (Häckel & Azadbakhsh) (Iran)
• Microschemus pierronii (Fairmaire, 1880) (Madagascar)
• Microschemus planicollis (Chaudoir, 1876) (Eritrea)
• Microschemus quadrinotulatus (Motschulsky, 1864) (South Africa)
• Microschemus symei (Murray, 1857) (Africa)
• Microschemus tenuipunctatus (LaFerté-Sénectère, 1851) (South Africa)
• Microschemus vadoni Jeannel, 1949 (Madagascar)
• Microschemus vicinus (Murray, 1857) (Africa)
• Microschemus villosulus (Chaudoir, 1879) (Africa)