Biology:Parachlaenius

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Short description: Genus of beetles

Parachlaenius
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Subfamily: Harpalinae
Tribe: Chlaeniini
Subtribe: Chlaeniina
Genus: Parachlaenius
Kolbe, 1894
Subgenera
  • Euchlaenius Kolbe, 1894
  • Parachlaenius Kolbe, 1894

Parachlaenius is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. There are about eight described species in Parachlaenius.[1][2]

Species

These eight species belong to the genus Parachlaenius:

  • Parachlaenius diacritus Alluaud, 1930
  • Parachlaenius discolor Alluaud, 1930
  • Parachlaenius emini Kolbe, 1894
  • Parachlaenius pseudoviolaceus Kirschenhofer, 2008 (Sierra Leone and Ghana)
  • Parachlaenius punctatus (LaFerté-Sénectère, 1853) (Africa)
  • Parachlaenius ruandanus Burgeon, 1935 (Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda)
  • Parachlaenius trochantericus (Kolbe, 1894) (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Burundi)
  • Parachlaenius violaceus Péringuey, 1898 (Zimbabwe)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7133887 entry