Biology:Paratorchus
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Short description: Genus of beetles
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| Genus: | Paratorchus McColl, 1985
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Paratorchus is a genus of beetles.
Placement
Paratorchus is uncontroversially placed in the tribe Osoriini of the subfamily Osoriinae.
Distribution
Paratorchus is indigenous to the Neotropical realm and the Australasian realm (New Zealand).
Recognition
Paratorchus differs from Holotrochus only by having reduced eyes and elytra with indistinct sutural striae.
References
- Irmler, U. 2015: New Neotropical genera and species of the tribe Osoriini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Osoriinae). Beiträge zur entomologie (ISSN 0005-805X), 65(1): 173–196. Abstract
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q21221298 entry
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