''Cychrus pangi'' 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 ...
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It was described by Deuve & Tian in 2004.
Etymology
Uncertain, possibly from
Cychreus, son of Poseidon and Salamis, or from Cychros, a city in Thrace near a lake whose water was unhealthy. Duméril (1823: 167) stated that Cychros was the name of a bird (probably in Pliny the Elder), but this hasn't been proven.
References
pangi
Beetles described in 2004
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