Paramegalonychus

Paramegalonychus is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are about 11 described species in Paramegalonychus, found in Africa.^[1][2]

Paramegalonychus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Carabidae
Subfamily:	Platyninae
Tribe:	Platynini
Subtribe:	Platynina
Genus:	Paramegalonychus Basilewsky, 1953

Species

These 11 species belong to the genus Paramegalonychus:

• Paramegalonychus bitalensis Basilewsky, 1975 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
• Paramegalonychus brunneipennis (Burgeon, 1935) (Kenya and Uganda)
• Paramegalonychus brunneoniger (Kolbe, 1889) (Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea, Ivory Coast, and Sierra Leone)
• Paramegalonychus lamottei (Basilewsky, 1951) (Cameroon, Guinea, Ivory Coast, and Sierra Leone)
• Paramegalonychus mgetae Basilewsky, 1962 (Tanzania)
• Paramegalonychus montanus (Basilewsky, 1956) (Burundi and Rwanda)
• Paramegalonychus mulanjensis Basilewsky, 1988 (Malawi)
• Paramegalonychus nyakageranus Basilewsky, 1975 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
• Paramegalonychus orophilus Basilewsky, 1962 (Tanzania)
• Paramegalonychus paludicola Basilewsky, 1975 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
• Paramegalonychus tshibindensis (Burgeon, 1933) (Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Rwanda)