Rathymus

Rathymus
	Rathymus melanarius, Botswana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Carabidae
Subfamily:	Orthogoniinae
Tribe:	Idiomorphini
Subtribe:	Idiomorphina
Genus:	; Dejean, 1831
Synonyms
	Parastrigia Maindron, 1906 ; Rathymus Brulle, 1834 ; Rhathymnus Péringuey, 1926 ; Rhathymus Agassiz, 1846 ;

Rathymus is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. There are at least three described species in Rathymus, found in Africa.^[1]^[2]

Species

These three species belong to the genus Rathymus:

Rathymus carbonarius Dejean, 1831 (Senegal/Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Niger, Chad)
Rathymus melanarius Klug, 1853 (Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa)
Rathymus saganicola (G.Müller, 1941) (Ethiopia)