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{{short description|Genus of beetles}}
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| taxon = Geoscaptus
| authority = Chaudoir, 1855
| display_parents = 3
}}

'''''Geoscaptus''''' is a genus of [[Biology:Beetle|beetle]]s in the family [[Biology:Carabidae|Carabidae]], containing the following species:<ref>{{Cite web| title=Geoscaptus Chaudoir, 1855 | url=https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/8KX28 | website=Catalogue of Life | access-date=2023-03-08 }}</ref>

* ''Geoscaptus cacus'' <small>(W. J. Macleay, 1863)</small>  (Indonesia, New Guinea, and Australia)
* ''Geoscaptus crassus'' <small>Sloane, 1895</small>  (Australia)
* ''Geoscaptus laevissimus'' <small>Chaudoir, 1855</small>  (Australia)
* ''Geoscaptus macleayi'' <small>Chaudoir, 1879</small>  (Australia)
* ''Geoscaptus plicatulus'' <small>(Laporte, 1867)</small>  (Australia)

==Parasites==
In Australia, ''Geoscaptus laevissimus'' is parasitized by a species of mite, ''Eutarsopolipus paryavae'' <small>Katlav & Hajiqanbar, 2021</small> ([[Biology:Heterostigmatina|Heterostigmatina]]) which dwells under the elytra.<ref name="Katlav Hajiqanbar Riegler Seeman 2021 p=75">{{cite journal | last=Katlav | first=Alihan | last2=Hajiqanbar | first2=Hamidreza | last3=Riegler | first3=Markus | last4=Seeman | first4=Owen D | title=Sheltered life beneath elytra: three new species of ''Eutarsopolipus'' (Acari, Heterostigmatina, Podapolipidae) parasitizing Australian ground beetles | journal=Parasite | publisher=EDP Sciences | volume=28 | year=2021 | issn=1776-1042 | doi=10.1051/parasite/2021069 | page=75| doi-access=free | pmc=8570142 }} {{open access}}</ref>

==References==
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