Pelecium Explained

Pelecium is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. There are more than 30 described species in Pelecium, found in Central and South America.

Species

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)