Abax (genus)

Abax
Abax parallelepipedus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Carabidae
Genus:	Abax Bonelli, 1810

Abax is a genus of carabid beetles.^[1][2] There are approximately 100 mostly holarctic species and subspecies in this genus.^[3]

These beetles are mostly glossy black with parallel striation on elytra. They are carnivorous.

Species

A. carinatus

• Abax arerae Schauberger, 1927
• Abax baenningeri Schauberger, 1927
• Abax beckenhauptii (Duftschmid, 1812)
• Abax carinatus (Duftschmid, 1812)
• Abax continuus Ganglbauer, 1891
• Abax ecchelii Bertalini, 1887
• Abax exaratus (Dejean, 1828)
• Abax fiorii Jakobson, 1907
• Abax oblongus Dejean, 1831
• Abax ovalis (Duftschmid, 1812)
• Abax parallelepipedus Piller & Mitterpacher, 1783
• Abax parallelus Duftschmid, 1812
• Abax pilleri Csiki, 1916
• Abax pyrenaeus Dejean, 1828
• Abax schueppeli Palliardi, 1825
• Abax springeri J. Muller, 1925
• Abax teriolensis Schauberger, 1921

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