Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Carabidae

Genus Elaphropus Motschulsky, 1839

Type species.

Elaphropus caraboides Motschulsky, 1862 .

Diagnosis.

Mentum lacking foveae; claws simple; prosternum glabrous; elytron with 2 to 8 visible interneurs, complete or not, and variable in form; i8 impressed entirely or effaced at midpoint or visible only near apex; ARG short, straight or medially arcuate or if elongate and parallel to elytral margin, not recurved anteriorly.