Paratorchus

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 region and the Australasian region (New Zealand).

Recognition

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

References

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