Cratognathus Explained

Cratognathus is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. There are about five described species in Cratognathus, found in Africa.

Species

These five species belong to the genus Cratognathus:

• Cratognathus alluaudi Basilewsky, 1946 (Kenya, Tanzania)
• Cratognathus capensis (Laporte, 1835) (Namibia, South Africa)
• Cratognathus grandiceps (Boheman, 1860) (Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa)
• Cratognathus mandibularis Dejean, 1829 (Botswana, South Africa)
• Cratognathus straneoi Basilewsky, 1948 (Namibia)