Parachlaenius is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. There are about eight described species in Parachlaenius.

Species These eight species belong to the genus Parachlaenius: Parachlaenius diacritus Alluaud, 1930 Parachlaenius discolor Alluaud, 1930 Parachlaenius emini Kolbe, 1894 Parachlaenius pseudoviolaceus Kirschenhofer, 2008 (Sierra Leone and Ghana) Parachlaenius punctatus (LaFerté-Sénectère, 1853) (Africa) Parachlaenius ruandanus Burgeon, 1935 (Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda) Parachlaenius trochantericus (Kolbe, 1894) (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Burundi) Parachlaenius violaceus Péringuey, 1898 (Zimbabwe)

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