title: Taphoxenus
text: # 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)
  