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Abacetus

Abacetus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, distributed across Africa, Asia and Australia, with a single European species. It contains the following species:

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Abacetus
Abacetus parallelus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Carabidae
Tribe: Abacetini
Genus: Abacetus
Dejean, 1828
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Abacetus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, distributed across Africa, Asia and Australia, with a single European species.1 It contains the following species:2

References

References

  1. H. E. Andrewes (1942). "Key to some Indian genera of Carabidae (Col.) XI. The genus Abacetus". Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London B. 11 (2): 21–35. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1942.tb00721.x.
  2. "Abacetus Dejean, 1828". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-09.
  3. Andrewes, H. E. (1924). "Coleoptera of the Siju Cave, Garo Hills, Assam: I. Carabidae" (PDF). Records of the Indian Museum. 26 (1): 116–117.