Promegalonychus

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

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

Species

These 11 species belong to the genus Promegalonychus:

• Promegalonychus brauneanus (Burgeon, 1933) (Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Rwanda)
• Promegalonychus calathoides (Basilewsky, 1949) (Kenya)
• Promegalonychus clarkei Basilewsky, 1975 (Ethiopia)
• Promegalonychus decumanus Basilewsky, 1960 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
• Promegalonychus fageli Basilewsky, 1953 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
• Promegalonychus frantonius Basilewsky, 1985 (Cameroon)
• Promegalonychus kivuensis (Burgeon, 1933) (Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda)
• Promegalonychus oribates (Alluaud, 1917) (Kenya)
• Promegalonychus pauliani (Burgeon, 1942) (Cameroon)
• Promegalonychus ruwenzoricus (Burgeon, 1933) (Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda)
• Promegalonychus sphodroides Basilewsky, 1975 (Ethiopia)