# Cratognathus

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Genus of beetles

Cratognathus Cratognathus grandiceps Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Clade: Pancrustacea Class: Insecta Order: Coleoptera Suborder: Adephaga Family: Carabidae Subfamily: Harpalinae Tribe: Harpalini Subtribe: Harpalina Genus: Cratognathus Dejean, 1829 Synonyms 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](/source/Carabidae). There are about five described species in *Cratognathus*, found in Africa.[1][2]

## Species

These five species belong to the genus *Cratognathus*:

- *[Cratognathus alluaudi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cratognathus_alluaudi&action=edit&redlink=1)* Basilewsky, 1946 ([Kenya](/source/Kenya), [Tanzania](/source/Tanzania))

- *[Cratognathus capensis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cratognathus_capensis&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Laporte, 1835) ([Namibia](/source/Namibia), [South Africa](/source/South_Africa))

- *[Cratognathus grandiceps](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cratognathus_grandiceps&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Boheman, 1860) ([Mozambique](/source/Mozambique), [Zimbabwe](/source/Zimbabwe), [Botswana](/source/Botswana), Namibia, South Africa)

- *[Cratognathus mandibularis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cratognathus_mandibularis&action=edit&redlink=1)* Dejean, 1829 (Botswana, South Africa)

- *[Cratognathus straneoi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cratognathus_straneoi&action=edit&redlink=1)* Basilewsky, 1948 (Namibia)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-gbif_1-0)** ["GBIF, *Cratognathus*"](https://www.gbif.org/species/3260619). Retrieved 2024-09-20.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-catlife_2-0)** ["Catalogue of Life, *Cratognathus* Dejean, 1829"](https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/8KWCP). Retrieved 2024-09-20.

Taxon identifiers Cratognathus Wikidata: Q5182683 Wikispecies: Cratognathus BioLib: 807201 CoL: 8KWCP EoL: 3477873 GBIF: 3260619 iNaturalist: 421921 Open Tree of Life: 4660100

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