''Axonya'' is a genus of

ground beetle Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan family (biology), family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe. As of 2015, it ...

in the subfamily

Broscinae Broscinae is a subfamily of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are more than 30 genera and at least 340 described species in Broscinae. Genera These 34 genera belong to the subfamily Broscinae: * ''Acallistus'' Sharp, 1886 * ''Adote ...

. The genus was described by

Herbert Edward Andrewes Herbert Edward Andrewes (9 November 1863, Reading – 16 December 1950, Highgate) was a stockbrokerUK Censuses 1891, 1901. 1911 and UK 1939 Register and an English entomologist who specialised in the order Coleoptera. Herbert Andrewes was one o ...

in 1923 with species being found across Southern Asia and containing the following species: * '' Axonya championi'' Andrewes, 1923 * '' Axonya farsica'' Dostal and Zettel, 1999 * '' Axonya similis'' Dostal and Zettel, 1999

References

Broscinae Insects of Asia Carabidae genera {{Broscinae-stub