Protopaussus
Genus of beetles
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Protopaussus is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae, the sole genus of the tribe Protopaussini. It is found in Indomalaya and temperate Asia.[2][3]
| Protopaussus | |
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| Protopaussus sp., collected in Thailand | |
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| P. feae, collected in Myanmar. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Subfamily: | Paussinae |
| Tribe: | Protopaussini |
| Genus: | Protopaussus Gestro, 1892[1] |
| Type species | |
| Protopaussus feae Gestro, 1892 | |
Species
These nine species belong to the genus Protopaussus:[2]
- Protopaussus almorensis Champion, 1923 (India and Nepal)
- Protopaussus bakeri Heller, 1914[4] (Philippines)
- Protopaussus feae Gestro, 1892[1] (Myanmar)
- Protopaussus javanus Wasmann, 1912[5] (Indonesia)
- Protopaussus jeanneli Luna de Carvalho, 1960[6] (Borneo, Indonesia, and Laos)
- Protopaussus kaszabi Luna de Carvalho, 1967[6] (Taiwan and temperate Asia)
- Protopaussus vignai Nagel, 2018[7] (Nepal)
- Protopaussus walkeri C.O. Waterhouse, 1897[8] (China)
- † Protopaussus pristinus Nagel, 1987[7]