Asklepia is a genus of beetle in the family Carabidae first described by Max Liebke in 1938. The genus is found in South America, from Colombia south to central Argentina. They measure .
The genus names refers to the Greek god Asclepius (Asklepios), but the reason for this association is unknown.
Species
Asklepia contains the following twenty-seven species:
- Asklepia adisi <small>Erwin & Zamorano, 2014</small>
- Asklepia asuncionensis <small>Erwin & Zamorano, 2014</small>
- Asklepia biolat <small>Erwin & Zamorano, 2014</small>
- Asklepia bracheia <small>Zamorano & Erwin, 2014</small>
- Asklepia campbellorum <small>Zamorano & Erwin, 2014</small>
- Asklepia cuiabaensis <small>Erwin & Zamorano, 2014</small>
- Asklepia demiti <small>Erwin & Zamorano, 2014</small>
- Asklepia duofos <small>Zamorano & Erwin, 2014</small>
- Asklepia ecuadoriana <small>Erwin & Zamorano, 2014</small>
- Asklepia geminata <small>(Bates, 1871)</small>
- Asklepia grammechrysea <small>Zamorano & Erwin, 2014</small>
- Asklepia hilaris <small>(Bates, 1871)</small>
- Asklepia kathleenae <small>Erwin & Zamorano, 2014</small>
- Asklepia laetitia <small>Zamorano & Erwin, 2014</small>
- Asklepia lebioides <small>(Bates, 1871)</small>
- Asklepia macrops <small>Erwin & Zamorano, 2014</small>
- Asklepia marchantaria <small>Erwin & Zamorano, 2014</small>
- Asklepia marituba <small>Zamorano & Erwin, 2014</small>
- Asklepia matomena <small>Zamorano & Erwin, 2014</small>
- Asklepia pakitza <small>Erwin & Zamorano, 2014</small>
- Asklepia paraguayensis <small>Zamorano & Erwin, 2014</small>
- Asklepia pulchripennis <small>(Bates, 1871)</small>
- Asklepia samiriaensis <small>Zamorano & Erwin, 2014</small>
- Asklepia stalametlitos <small>Zamorano & Erwin, 2014</small>
- Asklepia strandi <small>Liebke, 1938</small>
- Asklepia surinamensis <small>Zamorano & Erwin, 2014</small>
- Asklepia vigilante <small>Erwin & Zamorano, 2014</small>
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