Cychrus

Cychrus
Cychrus caraboides, snail hunter, Lithuania
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Carabidae
Tribe:	Cychrini
Genus:	Cychrus Fabricius, 1794

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.[1][2][3]

Cychrus attenuatus, Germany

Cychrus species

These 160 species belong to the genus Cychrus.[1]

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

References

1. "Cychrus". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
2. "Cychrus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
3. "Cychrus Fabricius, 1794". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-08.