Achras

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Achras
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Lycidae
Subfamily: Lycinae
Tribe: Metriorrhynchini
Genus: Achras
Waterhouse, 1879

Achras [1] [2] is a monotypic genus of Australasian beetles in the tribe Metriorrhynchini, erected by Charles Owen 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