Metaxys

Metaxys
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
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. LCCN 06021622. OCLC 43643201.
2. "Metaxys Chaudoir, 1857". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-09.