{{Short description|Genus of beetles}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Cratognathus grandiceps Boheman, 1860 (11904947296).png | image_caption = ''Cratognathus grandiceps'' | taxon = Cratognathus | authority = [[Pierre François Marie Auguste Dejean|Dejean]], 1829 | display_parents = 4 | synonyms = {{Species list | Cyphogenius | Chaudoir, 1843 | Daptomorphus | Chaudoir, 1837 | Encephalus | Péringuey, 1896 | Eucephalus | Laporte, 1835 | Micracinopus | Casey, 1914 }} }}
'''''Cratognathus''''' is a genus in the ground beetle family [[Carabidae]]. There are about five described species in ''Cratognathus'', found in Africa.<ref name=gbif/><ref name=catlife/>
==Species== These five species belong to the genus ''Cratognathus'': * ''[[Cratognathus alluaudi]]'' <small>Basilewsky, 1946</small> ([[Kenya]], [[Tanzania]]) * ''[[Cratognathus capensis]]'' <small>(Laporte, 1835)</small> ([[Namibia]], [[South Africa]]) * ''[[Cratognathus grandiceps]]'' <small>(Boheman, 1860)</small> ([[Mozambique]], [[Zimbabwe]], [[Botswana]], Namibia, South Africa) * ''[[Cratognathus mandibularis]]'' <small>Dejean, 1829</small> (Botswana, South Africa) * ''[[Cratognathus straneoi]]'' <small>Basilewsky, 1948</small> (Namibia)
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=gbif> {{Cite web| title=GBIF, ''Cratognathus'' | url=https://www.gbif.org/species/3260619 | access-date=2024-09-20 }}</ref>
<ref name=catlife> {{Cite web| title=Catalogue of Life, ''Cratognathus'' Dejean, 1829 | url=https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/8KWCP | access-date=2024-09-20 }}</ref> }}
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[[Category:Harpalinae]] [[Category:Carabidae genera]] [[Category:Beetles of Africa]] [[Category:Taxa named by Pierre François Marie Auguste Dejean]]
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