Protopaussus

Protopaussus is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae, the sole genus of the tribe Protopaussini. It is found in Indomalaya and temperate Asia.^[2][3]

Protopaussus
Protopaussus sp., collected in Thailand
P. feae, collected in Myanmar.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Carabidae
Subfamily:	Paussinae
Tribe:	Protopaussini
Genus:	Protopaussus Gestro, 1892[1]
Type species
Protopaussus feae Gestro, 1892

Species

These nine species belong to the genus Protopaussus:^[2]

• Protopaussus almorensis Champion, 1923 (India and Nepal)
• Protopaussus bakeri Heller, 1914^[4] (Philippines)
• Protopaussus feae Gestro, 1892^[1] (Myanmar)
• Protopaussus javanus Wasmann, 1912^[5] (Indonesia)
• Protopaussus jeanneli Luna de Carvalho, 1960^[6] (Borneo, Indonesia, and Laos)
• Protopaussus kaszabi Luna de Carvalho, 1967^[6] (Taiwan and temperate Asia)
• Protopaussus vignai Nagel, 2018^[7] (Nepal)
• Protopaussus walkeri C.O. Waterhouse, 1897^[8] (China)
• † Protopaussus pristinus Nagel, 1987^[7]