Chydaeus

Chydaeus queenslandicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Chydaeus
Chaudoir, 1854
Species: C. queenslandicus
Binomial name
Chydaeus queenslandicus
Baehr, 2004

The genus includes more than 40 species distributed mainly over mountainous regions of southeastern Asia, from the Himalayas and China to the Sunda Isles; however, three species are known from New Guinea (Baehr 2007) and one from Australia (Baehr 2004).

Chydaeus queenslandicus is a species of beetle in the family Carabidae, the only species in the genus in Australia. Chydaeus.[1]

References

  1. "Chydaeus Chaudoir, 1854: 343". Carabidae of the World. 2011. Retrieved 1 Jul 2011.


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