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Chalcochrous

Chalcochrous is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. There are about six described species in Chalcochrous, found in South Africa.

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Chalcochrous
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Carabidae
Subfamily: Pterostichinae
Tribe: Pterostichini
Subtribe: Pterostichina
Genus: Chalcochrous
Chaudoir, 1838
Synonyms
  • Chalcochroma Péringuey, 1926
  • Steropomorpha Tschitscherine, 1891
  • Steropomorphus Péringuey, 1896

Chalcochrous is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. There are about six described species in Chalcochrous, found in South Africa.12

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
References

References

  1. "GBIF, Chalcochrous". Retrieved 2024-09-20.
  2. "Catalogue of Life, Chalcochrous Chaudoir, 1838". Retrieved 2024-09-20.