Parachlaenius
Genus of beetles
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Parachlaenius is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. There are about eight described species in Parachlaenius.[1][2]
| Parachlaenius | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Subfamily: | Harpalinae |
| Tribe: | Chlaeniini |
| Subtribe: | Chlaeniina |
| Genus: | Parachlaenius Kolbe, 1894 |
| Subgenera | |
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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)
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