Cychrus is a large genus of rare snail-eating beetles in the family Carabidae. There are at least 160 described species in Cychrus. They are found throughout the world, although more than 80% of the species occur in China.
Cychrus species
These 160 species belong to the genus Cychrus.
- Cychrus aeneus <small>Fischer von Waldheim, 1824</small> (Palearctic)
- Cychrus altitudinum <small>Deuve, 1998</small> (China)
- Cychrus anatolicus <small>Motschulsky, 1866</small> (Turkey)
- Cychrus angulicollis <small>Sella, 1874</small> (France and Italy)
- Cychrus angustatus <small>Hoppe & Hornschuch, 1825</small> (worldwide)
- Cychrus angustior <small>Kleinfeld, 2000</small> (China)
- Cychrus angustitarsalis <small>Deuve, 1991</small> (China)
- Cychrus anomalognathus <small>Imura & Cavazzuti, 2018</small> (China)
- Cychrus attenuatus <small>(Fabricius, 1792)</small> (worldwide)
- Cychrus auvrayorum <small>Deuve & Mourzine, 1997</small> (China)
- Cychrus barkamensis <small>Deuve, 1991</small> (China)
- Cychrus baxiensis <small>Deuve, 1997</small> (China)
- Cychrus becvari <small>Deuve, 2018</small> (China)
- Cychrus benesi <small>Deuve, 1996</small> (China)
- Cychrus bisetosus <small>Deuve, 1995</small> (China)
- Cychrus bispinosus <small>Deuve, 1989</small> (China)
- Cychrus boulbeni <small>Deuve, 1997</small> (China)
- Cychrus bruggei <small>Deuve, 1991</small> (China)
- Cychrus busatoi <small>Cavazzuti, 2009</small> (China)
- Cychrus businskyianus <small>Imura, 2000</small> (China)
- Cychrus businskyorum <small>Imura, 2000</small> (China)
- Cychrus caraboides <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> (snail hunter) (worldwide)
- Cychrus cavazzutii <small>Deuve, 2002</small> (China)
- Cychrus cerberus <small>Cavazzuti, 2007</small> (China)
- Cychrus chareti <small>Deuve, 1993</small> (China)
- Cychrus colasi <small>Deuve, 1994</small> (China)
- Cychrus coptolabroides <small>Imura & Cavazzuti, 2017</small> (China)
- Cychrus cordicollis <small>Chaudoir, 1835</small> (Europe)
- Cychrus cordithorax <small>Deuve, 2007</small> (China)
- Cychrus cyaneomelas <small>Deuve, 2010</small>
- Cychrus cylindricollis <small>Pini, 1871</small> (Italy)
- Cychrus dacatrai <small>Deuve, 1992</small> (China)
- Cychrus daochengicus <small>Deuve, 1989</small> (China)
- Cychrus davidis <small>Fairmaire, 1886</small> (China)
- Cychrus deuveianus <small>Cavazzuti, 1998</small> (China)
- Cychrus dolichognathus <small>Deuve, 1990</small> (China)
- Cychrus dufouri <small>Chaudoir, 1869</small> (France and Spain)
- Cychrus elongaticeps <small>Deuve, 1992</small> (China)
- Cychrus elongatulus <small>Deuve, 2001</small> (China)
- Cychrus evae <small>Häckel & Sehnal, 2007</small> (China)
- Cychrus forceps <small>Imura & Cavazzuti, 2017</small> (China)
- Cychrus fugongensis <small>Imura & Cavazzuti, 2018</small> (China)
- Cychrus furumii <small>Deuve, 1990</small> (China)
- Cychrus gorodinskiellus <small>Deuve, 2016</small> (China)
- Cychrus gorodinskiorum <small>Deuve, 2013</small> (China)
- Cychrus grajus <small>K. & J.Daniel, 1898</small> (Italy)
- Cychrus grumulifer <small>Deuve, 1994</small> (China)
- Cychrus haesitans <small>Cavazzuti, 2007</small> (China)
- Cychrus hampei <small>Gestro, 1875</small> (Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia)
- Cychrus heishuiensis <small>Deuve, 2004</small> (China)
- Cychrus hemphillii <small>G. Horn, 1879</small> (North America)
- Cychrus horribilis <small>Deuve, 2016</small> (China)
- Cychrus huyaensis <small>Imura & Cavazzuti, 2018</small> (China)
- Cychrus inexpectatior <small>Deuve, 1991</small> (China)
- Cychrus inframontes <small>Cavazzuti, 2007</small> (China)
- Cychrus inops <small>Deuve, 1997</small> (China)
- Cychrus italicus <small>Bonelli, 1810</small> (Europe)
- Cychrus janatai <small>Deuve, 2001</small> (China)
- Cychrus jiaolieshanus <small>Imura & Cavazzuti, 2019</small> (China)
- Cychrus jinchuanensis <small>Deuve & Tian, 2007</small> (China)
- Cychrus jinpingshanus <small>Imura & Cavazzuti, 2017</small> (China)
- Cychrus jirouxi <small>Deuve, 2006</small> (China)
- Cychrus jiulongensis <small>Deuve, 1994</small> (China)
- Cychrus kabakianus <small>Imura & Cavazzuti, 2017</small> (China)
- Cychrus kalabi <small>Deuve, 1991</small> (China)
- Cychrus kalabianus <small>Deuve, 2019</small> (China)
- Cychrus kangensis <small>Deuve & Tian, 2013</small> (China)
- Cychrus kaznakovi <small>Semenov & Znojko, 1934</small> (China)
- Cychrus keithi <small>Deuve, 1998</small> (China)
- Cychrus koiwayai <small>Deuve & Imura, 1993</small> (China)
- Cychrus korotyaevi <small>Deuve, 1991</small> (China)
- Cychrus kozlovi <small>Semenov & Znojko, 1934</small> (China)
- Cychrus kralianus <small>Deuve, 1996</small> (China)
- Cychrus kryzhanovskii <small>Deuve, 2000</small> (China)
- Cychrus kubani <small>Deuve, 1992</small> (China)
- Cychrus kvetoslavae <small>Deuve, 2006</small> (China)
- Cychrus lajinensis <small>Deuve & Tian, 2002</small> (China)
- Cychrus lanpingensis <small>Deuve, 1997</small> (China)
- Cychrus lecordieri <small>Deuve, 1990</small> (China)
- Cychrus lianghensis <small>Cavazzuti, 2008</small> (China)
- Cychrus liei <small>Kleinfeld, 2003</small> (China)
- Cychrus lilianae <small>Cavazzuti, 1997</small> (China)
- Cychrus liuyei <small>Deuve & Tian, 2013</small> (China)
- Cychrus loccai <small>Cavazzuti, 1997</small> (China)
- Cychrus luctifer <small>Deuve, 1991</small> (China)
- Cychrus ludmilae <small>Imura, 1999</small> (China)
- Cychrus luhuo <small>Deuve, 1994</small> (China)
- Cychrus luojiensis <small>Cavazzuti, 1998</small> (China)
- Cychrus luolaluokuanus <small>Imura & Cavazzuti, 2019</small> (China)
- Cychrus maoxianicus <small>Deuve & Mourzine, 2000</small> (China)
- Cychrus marcilhaci <small>Deuve, 1992</small> (China)
- Cychrus minjiangicus <small>Deuve, 2009</small> (China)
- Cychrus minshanicola <small>Deuve, 1987</small> (China)
- Cychrus miroslavi <small>Deuve, 2006</small> (China)
- Cychrus moerkuaicus <small>Deuve & Tian, 2007</small> (China)
- Cychrus morawitzi <small>Géhin, 1885</small> (Asia)
- Cychrus morvani <small>Deuve, 1998</small> (China)
- Cychrus motianling <small>Imura & Cavazzuti, 2018</small> (China)
- Cychrus mugecuo <small>Deuve, 1994</small> (China)
- Cychrus muliensis <small>Deuve, 1992</small> (China)
- Cychrus naviauxi <small>Deuve & Mourzine, 1998</small> (China)
- Cychrus nixiensis <small>Imura & Cavazzuti, 2018</small> (China)
- Cychrus ombrophilus <small>Deuve, 1990</small> (China)
- Cychrus pangi <small>Deuve & Tian, 2004</small> (China)
- Cychrus paraxiei <small>Cavazzuti, 2009</small> (China)
- Cychrus pentaploidus <small>Deuve, 2010</small> (China)
- Cychrus pratti <small>Breuning, 1946</small> (China)
- Cychrus procerus <small>Cavazzuti, 1998</small> (China)
- Cychrus prosciai <small>Cavazzuti, 2010</small> (China)
- Cychrus pseudokoiwayai <small>Deuve, 1998</small> (China)
- Cychrus puchneri <small>Kleinfeld, 2016</small> (China)
- Cychrus puetzi <small>Kleinfeld & Korell&Wrase, 1996</small> (China)
- Cychrus quadrisetifer <small>Imura, 1998</small> (China)
- Cychrus remondi <small>Deuve, 1999</small> (China)
- Cychrus reni <small>Deuve & Tian, 2013</small> (China)
- Cychrus reuteri <small>Kleinfeld, 2018</small> (China)
- Cychrus riwaensis <small>Deuve, 2006</small> (China)
- Cychrus rosti <small>Roeschke, 1907</small> (Georgia and Russia)
- Cychrus rostislavi <small>Deuve, 2009</small> (China)
- Cychrus rugicollis <small>K. & J.Daniel, 1898</small> (Bosnia-Herzegovina)
- Cychrus rugocephalus <small>Deuve, 2014</small> (China)
- Cychrus sabdensis <small>Deuve, 1994</small> (China)
- Cychrus sars <small>Imura & Häckel, 2003</small> (China)
- Cychrus schmidtii <small>Chaudoir, 1837</small> (Europe)
- Cychrus schneideri <small>Imura, 1997</small> (China)
- Cychrus sehnali <small>Häckel, 2007</small> (China)
- Cychrus sellemi <small>Deuve, 2002</small> (China)
- Cychrus semelai <small>Deuve, 1997</small> (China)
- Cychrus semigranosus <small>Palliardi, 1825</small> (worldwide)
- Cychrus seriatus <small>Roeschke, 1907</small> (China)
- Cychrus shangrilanus <small>Imura & Cavazzuti, 2017</small> (China)
- Cychrus shankoucola <small>Deuve, 1994</small> (China)
- Cychrus shanxiensis <small>Deuve, 2005</small> (China)
- Cychrus signatus <small>Faldermann, 1836</small> (Georgia and Turkey)
- Cychrus sinicus <small>Deuve, 1989</small> (China)
- Cychrus sola <small>Cavazzuti, 1997</small> (China)
- Cychrus songpanensis <small>Deuve, 1991</small> (China)
- Cychrus spinicollis <small>L.Dufour, 1857</small> (Spain)
- Cychrus starcki <small>Reitter, 1888</small> (Georgia and Russia)
- Cychrus stoetzneri <small>Roeschke, 1923</small> (China)
- Cychrus szetshuanus <small>Breuning, 1931</small> (China)
- Cychrus thibetanus <small>Fairmaire, 1893</small> (China)
- Cychrus tubaemons <small>Imura & Cavazzuti, 2017</small> (China)
- Cychrus tuberculatus <small>T. Harris, 1839</small> (North America)
- Cychrus turnai <small>Deuve, 1994</small> (China)
- Cychrus uenoi <small>Imura, 1995</small> (China)
- Cychrus vignai <small>Cavazzuti, 2011</small> (China)
- Cychrus wuyipeng <small>Deuve, 1992</small> (China)
- Cychrus xiei <small>Deuve, 1989</small> (China)
- Cychrus yadingensis <small>Deuve, 2006</small> (China)
- Cychrus yajiangensis <small>Deuve & Mourzine, 1998</small> (China)
- Cychrus yi <small>Cavazzuti, 2001</small> (China)
- Cychrus yulongxuicus <small>Deuve, 1991</small> (China)
- Cychrus yunnanus <small>Fairmaire, 1887</small> (China)
- Cychrus zhimahensis <small>Imura & Cavazzuti, 2019</small> (China)
- Cychrus zhoui <small>Imura & Su&Osawa, 1998</small> (China)
- Cychrus zoigeicus <small>Deuve, 1990</small> (China)
- Cychrus zuopengensis <small>Imura & Cavazzuti, 2019</small> (China)
- â Cychrus minor <small>G.Horn, 1876</small>
- â Cychrus wheatleyi <small>G.Horn, 1876</small>
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