''Caledyschirius'' is a genus of
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 ...
s in the family
Carabidae
Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan 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 is one of the 10 most species-rich animal ...
, found in
New Caledonia
New Caledonia ( ; ) is a group of islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean, southwest of Vanuatu and east of Australia. Located from Metropolitan France, it forms a Overseas France#Sui generis collectivity, ''sui generis'' collectivity of t ...
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Species
These five species belong to the genus ''Caledyschirius'':[
* '' Caledyschirius baehri'' Bulirsch, 2010
* '' Caledyschirius bicolor'' Bulirsch, 2010
* '' Caledyschirius burwelli'' Bulirsch, 2010
* '' Caledyschirius monteithi'' Bulirsch, 2010
* '' Caledyschirius rufithorax'' Bulirsch, 2010
]
References
Scaritinae
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