Ophionea is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae. Like others in the family, they are predatory. The genus is mainly found in tropical Asia.[1][2]

Ophionea
Ophionea indica (Thunberg, 1784)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Tribe: Odacanthini
Genus: Ophionea
Klug, 1821
Type species
Attelabus indicus
Thunberg, 1784

The genus includes the following species:[3]

References edit

  1. ^ Baehr, M. (2003). "New taxa and new records of Odacanthinae from Sulawesi (Insecta, Coleoptera, Carabidae)" (PDF). Spixiana. 26 (1): 57–63.
  2. ^ Andrewes, H.E. (1919). "XLVII.— Papers on Oriental Carabidæ.—I". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 3 (17): 469–483. doi:10.1080/00222931908673846. ISSN 0374-5481.
  3. ^ "Ophionea Klug, 1821". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-08.