Parena (beetle) explained

Parena is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. There are more than 60 described species in Parena.

Species

These 63 species belong to the genus Parena:

• Parena africana (Alluaud, 1917) (Africa)
• Parena albomaculata Habu, 1979 (Taiwan)
• Parena alluaudi Jeannel, 1949 (Madagascar)
• Parena amamiooshimensis Habu, 1964 (Japan)
• Parena andrewesi Jedlicka, 1934 (Philippines)
• Parena bicolor Motschulsky, 1860 (China, Indonesia, Philippines)
• Parena cavipennis (Bates, 1873) (South and Southeast Asia)
• Parena circumdata Shibata, 1987 (Taiwan)
• Parena cruralis Andrewes & Borneo.E, 1933
• Parena dorae Basilewsky, 1955 (Angola)
• Parena dorsigera (Schaum, 1863) (China, India, Vietnam)
• Parena emarginata Shi & Liang, 2023
• Parena fasciata (Chaudoir, 1873) (Southeast Asia, Australia)
• Parena ferruginea (Chaudoir, 1878) (Africa)
• Parena formosana Ohkura, 1978 (Taiwan)
• Parena fulva Shi & Liang, 2023
• Parena gonggaica Shi & Liang, 2023
• Parena hastata (Heller, 1921) (Philippines)
• Parena heteronycha Shi & Liang, 2023
• Parena kataevi Kirschenhofer, 2006 (China)
• Parena koreana Kirschenhofer, 1994 (North Korea)
• Parena kunmingensis Kirschenhofer, 1996 (China)
• Parena kurosai Habu, 1967 (Japan)
• Parena laesipennis (Bates, 1873) (Japan)
• Parena latecincta (Bates, 1873) (Asia)
• Parena levata Andrewes, 1931 (Indonesia)
• Parena madagascariensis (Alluaud, 1917) (Madagascar)
• Parena malaisei (Andrewes, 1947) (China, Myanmar)
• Parena mellea (Chaudoir, 1873) (Indonesia)
• Parena monostigma (Bates, 1873) (South Korea, Japan, Russia)
• Parena monticola Shibata, 1987 (Taiwan)
• Parena nantouensis Kirschenhofer, 1996 (Taiwan)
• Parena nepalensis Kirschenhofer, 1994 (Nepal)
• Parena nigrolineata (Chaudoir, 1852) (Asia)
• Parena obenbergeri Jedlicka, 1952
• Parena obscura Mateu, 1977 (Bhutan)
• Parena pendleburyi Andrewes, 1931 (Indonesia, Borneo)
• Parena perforata (Bates, 1873) (China, Japan, Russia)
• Parena phongsalyensis Kirschenhofer, 2011 (Laos)
• Parena picea (W.J.MacLeay, 1871) (Indonesia, New Guinea, Australia)
• Parena picipes Shi & Liang, 2023
• Parena plagiata Motschulsky, 1864 (Congo (Brazzaville), South Africa)
• Parena politissima (Chaudoir, 1883) (Samoa, New Caledonia)
• Parena quadrisignata Mateu, 1977 (Nepal, Bhutan)
• Parena rubripicta Andrewes, 1928 (South and Southeast Asia)
• Parena ruficornis Shi & Liang, 2023
• Parena rufotestacea Jedlicka, 1934 (South and Southeast Asia)
• Parena schillhammeri Kirschenhofer, 2006
• Parena sciakyi Shi & Liang, 2023
• Parena sellata (Heller, 1921) (Taiwan, Philippines)
• Parena shapingensis Xie & Yu, 1993 (China)
• Parena sticta (Andrewes, 1947) (Myanmar)
• Parena stigmatica (Fairmaire, 1899) (Madagascar)
• Parena sulawesiensis Kirschenhofer, 2006 (Indonesia)
• Parena sumatrana Kirschenhofer, 2011 (Indonesia)
• Parena taiwana Hua.A, 2002
• Parena tesari (Jedlicka, 1951) (Taiwan)
• Parena testacea (Chaudoir, 1873) (Asia)
• Parena triguttata Shi & Liang, 2023
• Parena tripunctata (Bates, 1873) (Eastern Asia)
• Parena valeriae Facchini, 2011 (Zambia)
• Parena wrasei Kirschenhofer, 2006 (Japan)
• Parena yunnana Kirschenhofer, 1994 (China)