Pelecium

Pelecium
Pelecium violaceum
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Carabidae
Subfamily: Panagaeinae
Tribe: Peleciini
Subtribe: Peleciina
Genus:
Kirby, 1819
Subgenera
  • Pelecidium Straneo & Ball, 1989
  • Pelecium Kirby, 1819

Pelecium is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. There are more than 30 described species in Pelecium, found in Central and South America.[1][2]

Species

These species belong to the genus Pelecium:[3]

  • Subgenus Pelecidium Straneo & Ball, 1989
    • Pelecium laevigatum Guérin-Méneville, 1843 (Colombia)
    • Pelecium sulcipenne Chaudoir, 1861 (Colombia, Venezuela, Panama)
    • Pelecium sulcatum Guérin-Méneville, 1843 (Colombia)
  • Subgenus Pelecium
    • Pelecium cyanipes species group
      • Pelecium cyanipes Kirby, 1819 (Brazil)
    • Pelecium faldermanni species group
      • Pelecium besckii (Chaudoir, 1850) (Brazil)
      • Pelecium bisulcatum Straneo, 1970 (Argentina and Brazil)
      • Pelecium faldermanni (Chaudoir, 1846) (Argentina and Brazil)
      • Pelecium foveicolle Chaudoir, 1866 (Paraguay and Brazil)
      • Pelecium obtusum Straneo, 1953 (Brazil)
    • Pelecium laeve species group
      • Pelecium belloi Orsetti & Lopes-Andrade, 2024
      • Pelecium laeve Chaudoir, 1854 (Brazil)
      • Pelecium nicki Straneo, 1955 (Brazil)
      • Pelecium obscurum Straneo, 1955 (Brazil)
    • Pelecium punctatostriatum species group
      • Pelecium atroviolaceum Straneo & Ball, 1989 (Brazil)
      • Pelecium bolivianum Straneo & Ball, 1989 (Bolivia)
      • Pelecium buckupi Orsetti & Lopes-Andrade, 2024
      • Pelecium fistulosus Orsetti & Lopes-Andrade, 2024
      • Pelecium punctatostriatum Straneo, 1970 (Brazil)
      • Pelecium semistriatum Straneo & Ball, 1989 (Brazil)
      • Pelecium zaguryi Orsetti & Lopes-Andrade, 2024
    • Pelecium refulgens species group
      • Pelecium fulgidum Straneo, 1962 (Brazil)
      • Pelecium negrei Straneo, 1962 (Brazil)
      • Pelecium refulgens Guérin-Méneville, 1831 (Brazil)
    • Pelecium renati species group
      • Pelecium renati Straneo, 1953 (Brazil)
      • Pelecium striatum Straneo, 1955 (Brazil)
    • Pelecium rotundipenne species group
      • Pelecium balli Orsetti & Lopes-Andrade, 2024
      • Pelecium chrissquirei Orsetti & Lopes-Andrade, 2024
      • Pelecium helenae Straneo & Ball, 1989 (Brazil)
      • Pelecium igneus Orsetti & Lopes-Andrade, 2016 (Brazil)
      • Pelecium paulae Straneo & Ball, 1989 (Brazil)
      • Pelecium purpureum Straneo, 1955 (Brazil)
      • Pelecium rotundipenne Schaum, 1860 (Brazil)
      • Pelecium straneoi Orsetti & Lopes-Andrade, 2024
    • Pelecium violaceum species group
      • Pelecium brasiliense Straneo, 1962 (Brazil)
      • Pelecium drakei Quedenfeldt, 1890 (Paraguay and Brazil)
      • Pelecium grossii Orsetti & Lopes-Andrade, 2024
      • Pelecium longicolle Straneo, 1953 (Paraguay and Brazil)
      • Pelecium parallelum Straneo & Ball, 1989 (Brazil)
      • Pelecium punctatum Straneo, 1953 (Bolivia)
      • Pelecium striatipenne Chaudoir, 1866 (Brazil)
      • Pelecium tenellum Schaum, 1860 (Brazil)
      • Pelecium violaceum Brullé, 1838 (Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil)
      • Pelecium zophos Orsetti & Lopes-Andrade, 2024

References

  1. ^ "Pelecium Kirby, 1819". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
  2. ^ Lorenz, Wolfgang (2021). "Carabcat Database". doi:10.48580/dfqf-3dk. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  3. ^ A contribution to the taxonomy of the genus Pelecium Kirby (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Peleciini)
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