Paramecus

Paramecus
A print showing the Paramecus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Carabidae
Subfamily:	Harpalinae
Tribe:	Stenolophini
Genus:	Paramecus Dejean, 1829
Synonyms
Cylloscelis Curtis, 1839

Paramecus is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. There are at least four described species in Paramecus. ^{[1] [2]}

Species

These four species belong to the genus Paramecus:

• Paramecus breviusculus Fairmaire, 1884 (Argentina)
• Paramecus cylindricus Dejean, 1829 (Argentina)
• Paramecus ellipticus (Curtis, 1839) (Argentina)
• Paramecus laevigatus Dejean, 1829 (Chile, Argentina)

References

1. "GBIF, Paramecus" . Retrieved 2024-09-27.
2. "Catalogue of Life, Paramecus Dejean, 1829" . Retrieved 2024-09-27.

External links

• Citizen science observations for Paramecus at iNaturalist