Abax

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Adephaga

Familia: Carabidae
Subfamilia: Harpalinae
Supertribus: Pterostichitae
Tribus: Pterostichini
Genus: Abax
Species: A. arerae – A. baenningeri – A. beckenhauptii – A. carinatus – A. contractus – A. ecchelii – A. exaratus – A. fiorii – A. oblongus – A. ovalis – A. parafaber – A. parallelepipedus – A. p. ligurinus – A. parallelus – A. parasodalis – A. pilleri – A. pyrenaeus – A. sallei – A. schueppeli – A. seximpressus – A. sexualis – A. sigillatus – A. sinus – A. sodalis – A. springeri – A. spoliatus – A. teriolensis – A. teriolensis – A. texensis – A. torvus – A. unicolor – A. vinctus – A. whitcombi
Name

Abax Bonelli, 1810
References

Zanella, L. 2017. Taxonomic note on Abax contractus (Heer, 1841) and description of A. parallelepipedus ligurinus n. subsp. (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Pterostichini). Zootaxa 4238(3): 366–374. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4238.3.3. Reference page.

Abax is a genus of carabid beetles.[1][2] There are approximately 100 mostly holarctic species and subspecies in this genus.[3]

These beetles are mostly glossy black with parallel striation on elytra. They are carnivorous.
Species
A. carinatus

Abax arerae Schauberger, 1927
Abax baenningeri Schauberger, 1927
Abax beckenhauptii (Duftschmid, 1812)
Abax carinatus (Duftschmid, 1812)
Abax continuus Ganglbauer, 1891
Abax ecchelii Bertalini, 1887
Abax exaratus (Dejean, 1828)
Abax fiorii Jakobson, 1907
Abax oblongus Dejean, 1831
Abax ovalis (Duftschmid, 1812)
Abax parallelepipedus Piller & Mitterpacher, 1783
Abax parallelus Duftschmid, 1812
Abax pilleri Csiki, 1916
Abax pyrenaeus Dejean, 1828
Abax schueppeli Palliardi, 1825
Abax springeri J. Muller, 1925
Abax teriolensis Schauberger, 1921

References

Abax
"Abax Bonelli, 1810". Carabidae of the World. 2011. Retrieved 27 Mar 2012.
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