Chalcochrous
Genus of beetles
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Chalcochrous is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. There are about six described species in Chalcochrous, found in South Africa.[1][2]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Subfamily: | Pterostichinae |
| Tribe: | Pterostichini |
| Subtribe: | Pterostichina |
| Genus: | Chalcochrous Chaudoir, 1838 |
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Species
These six species belong to the genus Chalcochrous:
- Chalcochrous brevithorax Straneo, 1995
- Chalcochrous degener (Péringuey, 1896)
- Chalcochrous hera (Tschitscherine, 1901)
- Chalcochrous lenis (Germar, 1823)
- Chalcochrous otiosus (Tschitscherine, 1898)
- Chalcochrous strictibasis Straneo, 1975
