Chalcochrous is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. There are about six described species in Chalcochrous, found in South Africa.

Species These six species belong to the genus Chalcochrous: Chalcochrous brevithorax Straneo, 1995 Chalcochrous degener (Péringuey, 1896) Chalcochrous hera (Tschitscherine, 1901) Chalcochrous lenis (Germar, 1823) Chalcochrous otiosus (Tschitscherine, 1898) Chalcochrous strictibasis Straneo, 1975

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