Pelecium
Pelecium violaceum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Subfamily: Panagaeinae
Tribe: Peleciini
Subtribe: Peleciina
Genus: Pelecium
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 34 species belong to the genus Pelecium:

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

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.
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