Abax (beetle)

Abax is a genus of carabid beetles.[1][2]

Abax
Abax parallelepipedus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Subfamily: Pterostichinae
Tribe: Pterostichini
Subtribe: Pterostichina
Genus: Abax
Bonelli, 1810
Subgenera
  • Abacopercus Ganglbauer, 1891
  • Abax Bonelli, 1810
  • Pterostichoabax Schauberger, 1927

These beetles are mostly glossy black with parallel striation on elytra. They are carnivorous.

Species

These 19 species belong to the genus Abax:[1][2]

  • Abax arerae Schauberger, 1927
  • Abax baenningeri Schauberger, 1927
  • Abax beckenhauptii (Duftschmid, 1812)
  • Abax benellii Magrini & Degiovanni, 2013
  • Abax carinatus (Duftschmid, 1812)
  • Abax contractus (Heer, 1841)
  • Abax ecchelii Bertolini, 1887
  • Abax exaratus (Dejean, 1828)
  • Abax fiorii Jakobson, 1907
  • Abax oblongus (Dejean, 1831)
  • Abax ovalis (Duftschmid, 1812)
  • Abax parallelepipedus (Piller & Mitterpacher, 1783)
  • Abax parallelus (Duftschmid, 1812)
  • Abax pilleri Csiki, 1916
  • Abax pyrenaeus (Dejean, 1828)
  • Abax schueppeli Palliardi, 1825
  • Abax sexualis Fairmaire, 1881
  • Abax springeri G.Müller, 1925
  • Abax teriolensis Schauberger, 1921

References

  1. "Abax Bonelli, 1810". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
  2. Lorenz, Wolfgang (2021). "Carabcat Database". doi:10.48580/dfqf-3dk. Retrieved 2023-03-04.
  • Media related to Abax at Wikimedia Commons


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