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Frantic Surface Beetles
Zophosis
Zophosis, known generally as frantic surface beetles is a genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. They are found in the Palearctic, tropical Africa, and Indomalaya.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Septentriophosis
subgenusSeptentriophosis
Calosis
subgenusCalosis

Cardiosis
subgenusCardiosis

Zophosis
subgenusZophosis

Occidentophosis
subgenusOccidentophosis

Gyrosis
subgenusGyrosis

Zophosis dilatata
speciesZophosis dilatata

Zophosis pharaonis
speciesZophosis pharaonis

Cerosis
subgenusCerosis

Zophosis gracilipes
speciesZophosis gracilipes

Zophosis rotundata
speciesZophosis rotundata

Zophosis novaki
speciesZophosis novaki

Zophosis aequalis
speciesZophosis aequalis

Zophosis triangulifer
speciesZophosis triangulifer
Zophosis convexiuscula
speciesZophosis convexiuscula
Zophosis deyrollei
speciesZophosis deyrollei
Zophosis lacerata
speciesZophosis lacerata
Zophosis purpurascens
speciesZophosis purpurascens
Zophosis sicisternum
speciesZophosis sicisternum
Zophosis alvurai
speciesZophosis alvurai
Zophosis angolensis
speciesZophosis angolensis
Zophosis armatisternum
speciesZophosis armatisternum
Zophosis balti
speciesZophosis balti
Zophosis benguelensis
speciesZophosis benguelensis
Zophosis burkei
speciesZophosis burkei
Zophosis cacozela
speciesZophosis cacozela
Zophosis cariniceps
speciesZophosis cariniceps
Zophosis carpi
speciesZophosis carpi
Zophosis celiae
speciesZophosis celiae
Zophosis chevrolati
speciesZophosis chevrolati
Zophosis crassa
speciesZophosis crassa
Zophosis cyaneocuprea
speciesZophosis cyaneocuprea
Zophosis damarensis
speciesZophosis damarensis
Zophosis demoori
speciesZophosis demoori
Zophosis dytiscoides
speciesZophosis dytiscoides
Zophosis edentata
speciesZophosis edentata
Zophosis elongata
speciesZophosis elongata
Zophosis endroedyi
speciesZophosis endroedyi
Zophosis eremita
speciesZophosis eremita
Zophosis fulgens
speciesZophosis fulgens
Zophosis gaerdesi
speciesZophosis gaerdesi
Zophosis glabrata
speciesZophosis glabrata
Zophosis gordoniae
speciesZophosis gordoniae
Zophosis gracilicornis
speciesZophosis gracilicornis
Zophosis gracilis
speciesZophosis gracilis
Zophosis grandipunctata
speciesZophosis grandipunctata
Zophosis greeni
speciesZophosis greeni
Zophosis hobohmi
speciesZophosis hobohmi
Zophosis ingens
speciesZophosis ingens
Zophosis inqueita
speciesZophosis inqueita
Zophosis jacobsoni
speciesZophosis jacobsoni
Zophosis kalaharica
speciesZophosis kalaharica
Zophosis kalahariensis
speciesZophosis kalahariensis
Zophosis karasmontis
speciesZophosis karasmontis
Zophosis karrooensis
speciesZophosis karrooensis
Zophosis lanceolata
speciesZophosis lanceolata
Zophosis lapillorum
speciesZophosis lapillorum
Zophosis mariti
speciesZophosis mariti
Zophosis micans
speciesZophosis micans
Zophosis microsculpta
speciesZophosis microsculpta
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 83545.