Xestopus

Xestopus is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are about eight described species in Xestopus.^[1][2]

Xestopus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Carabidae
Subfamily:	Platyninae
Tribe:	Sphodrini
Subtribe:	Dolichina
Genus:	Xestopus Andrewes, 1937
Type species
Pristonychus alticola Fairmaire, 1889
Synonyms
Nepalocalathus Habu, 1973 Wittmerosphodrus Morvan, 1978

Species

These eight species belong to the genus Xestopus:

• Xestopus alticola (Fairmaire, 1889) (China, India, and Myanmar)
• Xestopus bhutanensis (Morvan, 1979) (Bhutan)
• Xestopus cordicollis (Morvan, 1979) (Bhutan)
• Xestopus cyaneus Sciaky & Facchini, 1997 (China)
• Xestopus gutangensis Zhu & Kavanaugh, 2021 (China)
• Xestopus kumatai (Habu, 1973) (Nepal)
• Xestopus nepalensis Morvan, 1982 (Nepal)
• Xestopus walteri (Morvan, 1978) (Bhutan)