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Genus of beetles

Paratorchus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Staphylinidae
Genus: Paratorchus
McColl, 1985

Paratorchus is a genus of beetles.

Placement

Paratorchus is uncontroversially placed in the tribe Osoriini of the subfamily Osoriinae.

Distribution

Paratorchus is indigenous to the Neotropical realm and the Australasian realm (New Zealand).

Recognition

Paratorchus differs from Holotrochus only by having reduced eyes and elytra with indistinct sutural striae.

References

  • 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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Taxon identifiers
Paratorchus


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