Taphoxenus

Taphoxenus is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are about 14 described species in Taphoxenus.

==Species== These 14 species belong to the genus Taphoxenus: Taphoxenus alatavicus Semenov, 1908 (Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan) Taphoxenus cellarum (M.Adams, 1817) (worldwide) Taphoxenus cerberus (Ganglbauer, 1905) (Turkey) Taphoxenus elburzensis Casale & Wrase, 2018 (Iran) Taphoxenus gigas (Fischer von Waldheim, 1823) (worldwide) Taphoxenus goliath (Faldermann, 1836) (worldwide) Taphoxenus hauserianus Casale, 1988 (China) Taphoxenus meridionalis Casale, 1982 (Iraq and Syria) Taphoxenus murzini Casale & Wrase, 2018 (Iran) Taphoxenus persicus Jedlicka, 1952 (Iran) Taphoxenus pseudogracilis Vereschagina, 1987 Taphoxenus transmontanus Semenov, 1908 (China and Kyrgyzstan) Taphoxenus trochanteratus Emden, 1954 (Afghanistan) Taphoxenus ziegleri Casale & Assmann, 2017 (Jordan)