Paranchus

Paranchus is a genus of ground beetle native to Europe, the Near East, the Nearctic and North Africa. The species of this genus are either black or brown coloured.^[1]

Paranchus
Paranchus albipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Carabidae
Subfamily:	Platyninae
Tribe:	Platynini
Genus:	Paranchus authority = Lindroth [sv], 1974

Species

These four species belong to the genus Paranchus:^[2][1]

• Paranchus albipes (Fabricius, 1794) (worldwide)
• Paranchus debilis (Wollaston, 1864) (the Canary Islands)
• Paranchus euthemon (Andrewes, 1931) (Indonesia)
• Paranchus nichollsii (Wollaston, 1864) (the Canary Islands)