Biology:Metaxys

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Short description: Genus of beetles


Metaxys
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Tribe: Abacetini
Genus: Metaxys
Chaudoir, 1857

Metaxys is a genus of beetle in the family Carabidae first described by Maximilien Chaudoir in 1857.[1]

Species

Metaxys contains the following eighteen species:[2]

  • Metaxys amoenulus (Boheman, 1848)
  • Metaxys basilewskyi (Straneo, 1953)
  • Metaxys biguttatus Chaudoir, 1874
  • Metaxys bipustulatus (Dejean, 1831)
  • Metaxys bisignatus Chaudoir, 1857
  • Metaxys congoensis (Straneo, 1954)
  • Metaxys ellipticus (Straneo, 1948)
  • Metaxys intermedius (Straneo, 1979)
  • Metaxys iridescens (Murray, 1859)
  • Metaxys kivuensis Burgeon, 1935
  • Metaxys latithorax (Straneo, 1948)
  • Metaxys minor (Straneo, 1951)
  • Metaxys mirei (Straneo, 1991)
  • Metaxys obesulus (Straneo, 1951)
  • Metaxys rhodesianus Peringuey, 1908
  • Metaxys schoutedeni Burgeon, 1935
  • Metaxys sudanensis (Straneo, 1948)
  • Metaxys ugandae (Straneo, 1948)

References

  1. Chaudoir, Maximilien (1857). Mémoire sur la famille des carabiques. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.60871. OCLC 43643201. 
  2. "Metaxys Chaudoir, 1857". https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/8KXRK. 

Wikidata ☰ Q6823332 entry