''Diacheila'' is a genus in the
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 ...
family
Carabidae
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. There are at least four described species in ''Diacheila''.
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Species
These four species belong to the genus ''Diacheila'':
* '' Diacheila arctica'' (Gyllenhal, 1810) (Holarctic
The Holarctic realm is a biogeographic realm that comprises the majority of habitats found throughout the continents in the Northern Hemisphere. It corresponds to the floristic Boreal Kingdom. It includes both the Nearctic zoogeographical reg ...
)
* '' Diacheila fausti'' Heyden, 1887 (Kazakhstan
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, Kyrgyzstan
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, and China)
* '' Diacheila polita'' (Faldermann, 1835) (Holarctic)
* † '' Diacheila matthewsi'' Böcher, 1995
References
External links
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Elaphrinae
Carabidae genera
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