Ophonus is a ground beetle genus native to the Palearctic (including Europe), the Near East, the Nearctic and North Africa. It contains the following species: \n* Ophonus achilles Sciaky, 1987 \n* Ophonus ardosiacus (Lutshnik, 1922) \n* Ophonus austrocaspicus Kataev & Belousov, 2001 \n* Ophonus azureus (Fabricius, 1775) \n* Ophonus bartoni (Maran, 1935) \n* Ophonus battus Reitter, 1900 \n* Ophonus berberus Antoine, 1925 \n* Ophonus brevicollis (Audinet-Serville, 1821) \n* Ophonus castaneipennis Sciaky, 1987 \n* Ophonus chlorizans Solsky, 1874 \n* Ophonus convexicollis Menetries, 1832 \n* Ophonus cordatus (Duftschmid, 1812) \n* Ophonus cribratus (Peyron, 1858) \n* Ophonus cribrellus Reiche & Saulcy, 1855 \n* Ophonus cribricollis (Dejean, 1829) \n* Ophonus cunii Fairmaire, 188