''Protopaussus'' is a genus of ground beetles 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 ...

, the sole genus of the tribe Protopaussini. It is found in

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and temperate Asia.

Species

These nine species belong to the genus ''Protopaussus'': * '' Protopaussus almorensis''

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, 1923 (India and Nepal) * '' Protopaussus bakeri'' Heller, 1914 (Philippines) * '' Protopaussus feae'' Gestro, 1892 (Myanmar) * '' Protopaussus javanus'' Wasmann, 1912 (Indonesia) * '' Protopaussus jeanneli'' Luna de Carvalho, 1960 (Borneo, Indonesia, and Laos) * '' Protopaussus kaszabi'' Luna de Carvalho, 1967 (Taiwan and temperate Asia) * '' Protopaussus vignai'' Nagel, 2018 (Nepal) * '' Protopaussus walkeri'' C.O. Waterhouse, 1897 (China) * † '' Protopaussus pristinus'' Nagel, 1987

References

Paussinae Carabidae genera {{paussinae-stub