Achras

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Achras [1] [2] is a genus of Australasian beetles in the tribe Metriorrhynchini, erected by Waterhouse in 1879. It contains the species Achras limbatum (Waterhouse, 1877).

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References

  1. Waterhouse (1879) Illus. Specim. Col. Brit. Museum, 1.
  2. BioLib.cz: genus Achras Waterhouse, 1879