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Paratorchus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Staphylinidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Coleoptera

Rank
  
Genus

Paratorchus is a genus of beetles.

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Placement

Paratorchus is uncontroversially placed in the tribe Osoriini of the subfamily Osoriinae.

Distribution

Paratorchus is indigenous to the Neotropical region and the Australasian region (New Zealand).

Recognition

Paratorchus differs from Holotrochus only by having reduced eyes and elytra with indistinct sutural striae.

References

Paratorchus Wikipedia