| Pelecium | |
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| Pelecium violaceum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Subfamily: | Panagaeinae |
| Tribe: | Peleciini |
| Subtribe: | Peleciina |
| Genus: | Pelecium Kirby, 1819 |
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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]
These 34 species belong to the genus Pelecium:
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