Abax (beetle)

Abax is a genus of carabid beetles.^[1][2]

Abax
Abax parallelepipedus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Carabidae
Subfamily:	Pterostichinae
Tribe:	Pterostichini
Subtribe:	Pterostichina
Genus:	Abax Bonelli, 1810
Subgenera
Abacopercus Ganglbauer, 1891 Abax Bonelli, 1810 Pterostichoabax Schauberger, 1927

For the subgenus, see Abax (Abax).

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

Species

These 19 species belong to the genus Abax:^[1][2]

• Abax arerae Schauberger, 1927
• Abax baenningeri Schauberger, 1927
• Abax beckenhauptii (Duftschmid, 1812)
• Abax benellii Magrini & Degiovanni, 2013
• Abax carinatus (Duftschmid, 1812)
• Abax contractus (Heer, 1841)
• Abax ecchelii Bertolini, 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 sexualis Fairmaire, 1881
• Abax springeri G.Müller, 1925
• Abax teriolensis Schauberger, 1921