title: Ophoniscus
text: # Ophoniscus
  
  Ophoniscus is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. There are about nine described species in Ophoniscus.
  
  ## Species
  
  These nine species belong to the genus Ophoniscus:
  
  * Ophoniscus batesi Kataev, 2005 (Myanmar)
  * Ophoniscus compositus (Walker, 1858) (Sri Lanka and India)
  * Ophoniscus cribrifrons Bates, 1892 (China, Nepal, Southeast Asia)
  * Ophoniscus hypolithoides Bates, 1892 (Myanmar and Thailand)
  * Ophoniscus iridulus Bates, 1892 (China, Nepal, Southeast Asia)
  * Ophoniscus lopatini Kataev, 2005 (Myanmar)
  * Ophoniscus nepalensis Kataev & Wrase, 2012 (Nepal)
  * Ophoniscus parvus Kataev, 2018 (Nepal)
  * Ophoniscus puneensis Kataev, 2018 (India)
  