Paratorchus
| Paratorchus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Staphyliniformia |
| Family: | Staphylinidae |
| Subfamily: | Osoriinae |
| Genus: | Paratorchus McColl, 1985 |
Paratorchus is a genus of beetles.
Placement
[edit]Paratorchus is uncontroversially placed in the tribe Osoriini of the subfamily Osoriinae.
Distribution
[edit]Paratorchus is indigenous to the Neotropical realm and the Australasian realm (New Zealand).
Recognition
[edit]Paratorchus differs from Holotrochus only by having reduced eyes and elytra with indistinct sutural striae.
References
[edit]- Irmler, U. 2015: New Neotropical genera and species of the tribe Osoriini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Osoriinae). Beiträge zur entomologie (ISSN 0005-805X), 65(1): 173–196. Abstract
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