Pelecium
| Pelecium | |
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| Pelecium violaceum | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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]
Species[edit]
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[edit]
- ^ "Pelecium Kirby, 1819". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
- ^ Lorenz, Wolfgang (2021). "Carabcat Database". doi:10.48580/dfqf-3dk. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
External links[edit]
Media related to Pelecium at Wikimedia Commons
