''Cychrus aeneus'' is a species of

ground beetle 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 fami ...

in the subfamily of

Carabinae Carabinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following genera: * ''Aplothorax'' Waterhouse, 1841 * ''Calosoma'' Weber, 1801 *'' Calosoma oregonus'' Gidaspow, 1959 * ''Carabus'' Linnaeus, 1758 * ''Ceroglossus'' Soli ...

. It was described by Fisher-Waldheim in 1824. It is found in the

Caucasus The Caucasus () or Caucasia (), is a region between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, mainly comprising Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia (country), Georgia, and parts of Southern Russia. The Caucasus Mountains, including the Greater Caucasus range ...

region, on the border of Europe and Asia.

References

aeneus In Greco-Roman mythology, Aeneas (, ; from ) was a Trojan hero, the son of the Trojan prince Anchises and the Greek goddess Aphrodite (equivalent to the Roman Venus). His father was a first cousin of King Priam of Troy (both being grandsons ...

Beetles described in 1824 {{Cychrus-stub