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:	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 species belong to the genus Pelecium: ^[3]

• Subgenus PelecidiumStraneo & 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)

External links

• Media related to Pelecium at Wikimedia Commons