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 species belong to the genus Pelecium:
- Subgenus Pelecidium <small>Straneo & Ball, 1989</small>
- Pelecium laevigatum <small>Guérin-Méneville, 1843</small> (Colombia)
- Pelecium sulcipenne <small>Chaudoir, 1861</small> (Colombia, Venezuela, Panama)
- Pelecium sulcatum <small>Guérin-Méneville, 1843</small> (Colombia)
- Subgenus Pelecium
- Pelecium cyanipes species group
- Pelecium cyanipes <small>Kirby, 1819</small> (Brazil)
- Pelecium faldermanni species group
- Pelecium besckii <small>(Chaudoir, 1850)</small> (Brazil)
- Pelecium bisulcatum <small>Straneo, 1970</small> (Argentina and Brazil)
- Pelecium faldermanni <small>(Chaudoir, 1846)</small> (Argentina and Brazil)
- Pelecium foveicolle <small>Chaudoir, 1866</small> (Paraguay and Brazil)
- Pelecium obtusum <small>Straneo, 1953</small> (Brazil)
- Pelecium laeve species group
- Pelecium belloi <small>Orsetti & Lopes-Andrade, 2024</small>
- Pelecium laeve <small>Chaudoir, 1854</small> (Brazil)
- Pelecium nicki <small>Straneo, 1955</small> (Brazil)
- Pelecium obscurum <small>Straneo, 1955</small> (Brazil)
- Pelecium punctatostriatum species group
- Pelecium atroviolaceum <small>Straneo & Ball, 1989</small> (Brazil)
- Pelecium bolivianum <small>Straneo & Ball, 1989</small> (Bolivia)
- Pelecium buckupi <small>Orsetti & Lopes-Andrade, 2024</small>
- Pelecium fistulosus <small>Orsetti & Lopes-Andrade, 2024</small>
- Pelecium punctatostriatum <small>Straneo, 1970</small> (Brazil)
- Pelecium semistriatum <small>Straneo & Ball, 1989</small> (Brazil)
- Pelecium zaguryi <small>Orsetti & Lopes-Andrade, 2024</small>
- Pelecium refulgens species group
- Pelecium fulgidum <small>Straneo, 1962</small> (Brazil)
- Pelecium negrei <small>Straneo, 1962</small> (Brazil)
- Pelecium refulgens <small>Guérin-Méneville, 1831</small> (Brazil)
- Pelecium renati species group
- Pelecium renati <small>Straneo, 1953</small> (Brazil)
- Pelecium striatum <small>Straneo, 1955</small> (Brazil)
- Pelecium rotundipenne species group
- Pelecium balli <small>Orsetti & Lopes-Andrade, 2024</small>
- Pelecium chrissquirei <small>Orsetti & Lopes-Andrade, 2024</small>
- Pelecium helenae <small>Straneo & Ball, 1989</small> (Brazil)
- Pelecium igneus <small>Orsetti & Lopes-Andrade, 2016</small> (Brazil)
- Pelecium paulae <small>Straneo & Ball, 1989</small> (Brazil)
- Pelecium purpureum <small>Straneo, 1955</small> (Brazil)
- Pelecium rotundipenne <small>Schaum, 1860</small> (Brazil)
- Pelecium straneoi <small>Orsetti & Lopes-Andrade, 2024</small>
- Pelecium violaceum species group
- Pelecium brasiliense <small>Straneo, 1962</small> (Brazil)
- Pelecium drakei <small>Quedenfeldt, 1890</small> (Paraguay and Brazil)
- Pelecium grossii <small>Orsetti & Lopes-Andrade, 2024</small>
- Pelecium longicolle <small>Straneo, 1953</small> (Paraguay and Brazil)
- Pelecium parallelum <small>Straneo & Ball, 1989</small> (Brazil)
- Pelecium punctatum <small>Straneo, 1953</small> (Bolivia)
- Pelecium striatipenne <small>Chaudoir, 1866</small> (Brazil)
- Pelecium tenellum <small>Schaum, 1860</small> (Brazil)
- Pelecium violaceum <small>Brullé, 1838</small> (Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil)
- Pelecium zophos <small>Orsetti & Lopes-Andrade, 2024</small>
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