Metaxys is a genus of beetle in the family Carabidae first described by Maximilien Chaudoir in 1857.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Tribe: | Abacetini |
| Genus: | Metaxys Chaudoir, 1857 |
Species
editMetaxys 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
edit- ^ Chaudoir, Maximilien (1857). Mémoire sur la famille des carabiques. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.60871. LCCN 06021622. OCLC 43643201.
- ^ "Metaxys Chaudoir, 1857". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-09.
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