Parachlaenius Explained

Parachlaenius is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. There are about eight described species in Parachlaenius.

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)