''Achras''BioLib.cz genus ''Achras'' Waterhouse, 1879 is a
monotypic genus
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of
Australasia
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beetle
Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...
Charles Owen Waterhouse
Charles Owen Waterhouse (19 June 18434 February 1917) was an English entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera. He was the eldest son of George Robert Waterhouse.
Waterhouse was an Assistant Keeper at the Natural History Museum, London, Britis ...
in 1879. It contains the species '' Achras limbatum'' (Waterhouse, 1877).