Amphimenes Explained
Amphimenes is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, the ground beetles. They are native to Asia from Burma to Japan to Vietnam.[1]
These are small to medium-sized beetles. They have small to large eyes and short to long antennae. The bodies are totally or mostly hairless. Some are wingless. They are a solid color or may have light spots on the iridescent elytra. Their coloration is mostly dark but the legs are usually lighter, sometimes yellow to red in color.[1]
These beetles live in forests. They can be found in lowlands or in mountains. Species that live in trees have wings; those that live mostly on the ground are often wingless.[1]
Species
Amphimenes contains the following 33 species:
- Amphimenes absensacidus Hunting & Yang, 2019
- Amphimenes acutipennis Fedorenko, 2019
- Amphimenes asahinai Nakane, 1957
- Amphimenes basipunctatus Fedorenko, 2019
- Amphimenes beichatiensis Hunting & Yang, 2019
- Amphimenes bicoloripes Fedorenko, 2019
- Amphimenes bidoupensis Fedorenko, 2010
- Amphimenes brunneus (Kirschenhofer, 1999)
- Amphimenes femoralis Fedorenko, 2019
- Amphimenes giganteus Fedorenko, 2010
- Amphimenes gracilis Fedorenko, 2010
- Amphimenes guttatus Fedorenko, 2014
- Amphimenes kabakovi Fedorenko, 2010
- Amphimenes konplongensis Fedorenko, 2019
- Amphimenes maculatus Fedorenko, 2010
- Amphimenes marginicollis Fedorenko, 2019
- Amphimenes medius Fedorenko, 2010
- Amphimenes micros Fedorenko, 2014
- Amphimenes minutus Fedorenko, 2010
- Amphimenes montanus Fedorenko, 2010
- Amphimenes nitidus Fedorenko, 2010
- Amphimenes piceolus Bates, 1873
- Amphimenes piceus Andrewes, 1931
- Amphimenes planicollis Fedorenko, 2010
- Amphimenes planipennis Fedorenko, 2014
- Amphimenes reflexicollis Fedorenko, 2010
- Amphimenes ruficollis Fedorenko, 2019
- Amphimenes rufipes Fedorenko, 2010
- Amphimenes rugulipennis (Bates, 1892)
- Amphimenes ryukyuensis Habu, 1964
- Amphimenes similis Fedorenko, 2019
- Amphimenes subcostatus Fedorenko, 2019
- Amphimenes tonkinensis Fedorenko, 2019
- Amphimenes wooshini Choi & Park, 2020
Notes and References
- Fedorenko, D. N. (2010). New or little-known species of the genus Amphimenes Bates, 1873 (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Lebiinae) from Vietnam. ZooKeys 65 17-50.
