Poecilus

Poecilus
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Poecilus versicolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Carabidae
Genus:	Poecilus Bonelli, 1810

Poecilus is a genus of ground beetle native to the Afro-tropical region, the Palearctic (including Europe), the Near East, and North Africa. It contains the following species:

• Poecilus abditus Lutshnik, 1934
• Poecilus advena Quensel, 1806
• Poecilus aegyptius (Tschitscherine, 1897)
• Poecilus aeneolus (Chaudoir, 1868)
• Poecilus aerarius (Coquerel, 1859)
• Poecilus affinissimus (Ali, 1967)
• Poecilus akinini Tschitscherine, 1887
• Poecilus alexandrae Tschitscherine, 1889
• Poecilus alutaceus (Tschitscherine, 1893)
• Poecilus anatolicus (Chaudoir, 1850)
• Poecilus anodon (Chaudoir, 1868)
• Poecilus aralensis Glasunov, 1909
• Poecilus aztecus (Tschitscherine, 1897)
• Poecilus baeticus Rambur, 1838
• Poecilus balassogloi (Tschitscherine, 1887)
• Poecilus batesianus Lutshnik, 1916
• Poecilus beesoni (Andrewes, 1927)
• Poecilus bokori Csiki, 1930
• Poecilus bonvoisini (Reiche & Saulcy, 1855)
• Poecilus carbonicolor Solsky, 1874
• Poecilus chalcites (Say, 1823)
• Poecilus chinensis Jedlicka, 1962
• Poecilus coarctatus Lucas, 1842
• Poecilus coloradensis (Csiki, 1930)
• Poecilus corvus (LeConte, 1837)
• Poecilus crenatus (Dejean, 1828)
• Poecilus crenulatus Dejean, 1828
• Poecilus crenuliger Chaudoir, 1876
• Poecilus crimeanus Straneo, 1960
• Poecilus cupreus Linne, 1758
• Poecilus cursitor LeConte, 1852
• Poecilus cursorius Dejean, 1828
• Poecilus curtonotoides Kabak, 1997
• Poecilus cyanicolor Chaudoir, 1876
• Poecilus decipiens Wallt, 1835
• Poecilus diplophryus Chaudoir, 1876
• Poecilus dissors (Tschitscherine, 1893)
• Poecilus effrenus (Lutshnik, 1930)
• Poecilus encopoleus Solsky, 1873
• Poecilus excellens (Tschitscherine, 1895)
• Poecilus exilicaudis Kabak, 1998
• Poecilus festivus (Chaudoir, 1868)
• Poecilus fortipes (Chaudoir, 1850)
• Poecilus gaturs (Davies, 2004)
• Poecilus gebleri (Dejean, 1828)
• Poecilus gobiensis (Jedlicka, 1968)
• Poecilus gonioderus (Tschitscherine, 1901)
• Poecilus gotschii (Chaudoir, 1846)
• Poecilus grombczewskyi (Tschitscherine, 1890)
• Poecilus grumi (Tschitscherine, 1898)
• Poecilus gurjevae Kabak, 1994
• Poecilus hafezi Morvan, 1975
• Poecilus hanhaicus (Tschitscherine, 1894)
• Poecilus houskai (Jedlicka, 1952)
• Poecilus ilgazdensis Jedlicka, 1961
• Poecilus innatus Glasunov, 1909
• Poecilus iranicus (Morvan, 1974)
• Poecilus isfanensis Kabak, 1998
• Poecilus ispulensis Kabak, 1994
• Poecilus jacutorum Poppius, 1904
• Poecilus janthinipennis Solsky, 1874
• Poecilus kabulensis (Jedlicka, 1956)
• Poecilus kaschgaricus (Jedlicka, 1957)
• Poecilus kekesiensis Nyilas, 1993
• Poecilus kizbaiensis Kabak, 1994
• Poecilus korbi (Tschitschcrine, 1893)
• Poecilus koyi Germar, 1824
• Poecilus kozlovi Tschitscherine, 1903
• Poecilus kraatzii (Heyden, 1882)
• Poecilus kugelanni (Panzer, 1797)
• Poecilus laetulus (LeConte, 1863)
• Poecilus laevicollis Chaudoir, 1842
• Poecilus laevigatus (L. Dufour, 1820)
• Poecilus lamproderus (Chaudoir, 1868)
• Poecilus lepidus (Leske, 1785)
• Poecilus leptoderus Solsky, 1874
• Poecilus liosomus Chaudoir, 1876
• Poecilus longiventris Solsky, 1874
• Poecilus lucasii (Reiche, 1861)
• Poecilus lucublandus (Say, 1823)
• Poecilus major Motschulsky, 1844
• Poecilus melanochrous (Tschitscherine, 1901)
• Poecilus mesembrinus Tschitscherine, 1896
• Poecilus mexicanus Chaudoir, 1876
• Poecilus mongoliensis (Jedlicka, 1962)
• Poecilus muchei (Jedlicka, 1961)
• Poecilus nemotoi (Straneo, 1989)
• Poecilus nigripalpis (Jedlicka, 1963)
• Poecilus nitens (Chaudoir, 1850)
• Poecilus nitidicollis Motschulsky, 1844
• Poecilus nitidus (Dejean, 1828)
• Poecilus occidentalis (Dejean, 1828)
• Poecilus oirat Kabak, 1994
• Poecilus ovtshinnikovi Kabak, 1994
• Poecilus pantanellii A. Fiori, 1903
• Poecilus peregrinus (Tschitscherine, 1898)
• Poecilus pertusus (Schaum, 1858)
• Poecilus pharao (Lutshnik, 1916)
• Poecilus polychromus Tschitscherine, 1889
• Poecilus prasinotinctus (Csiki, 1930)
• Poecilus pseudopurpurascens (Kirschenhofer, 1987)
• Poecilus pucholti (Jedlicka, 1962)
• Poecilus puer Kabak, 1997
• Poecilus punctibasis (Chaudoir, 1868)
• Poecilus puncticollis (Dejean, 1828)
• Poecilus punctulatus Schaller, 1783
• Poecilus purpurascens (Dejean, 1828)
• Poecilus quadricollis (Dejean, 1828)
• Poecilus ravus Lutshnik, 1922
• Poecilus rebeli (Apfelbeck, 1904)
• Poecilus reflexicollis Gebler, 1832
• Poecilus reicheianus (Peyron, 1858)
• Poecilus rostowtzowi (Tschitscherine, 1899)
• Poecilus samojedorum J.R. Sahlberg, 1880
• Poecilus samurai (Lutshnik, 1916)
• Poecilus schamsiensis (Poppius, 1908)
• Poecilus scitulus LeConte, 1848
• Poecilus sericeus Fischer von Waldheim, 1824
• Poecilus slivkini Kabak, 1994
• Poecilus soederbomi (Jedlicka, 1935)
• Poecilus songinus (Jedlicka, 1968)
• Poecilus spectus (Jedlicka, 1962)
• Poecilus stenoderus (Chaudoir, 1846)
• Poecilus striatopunctatus (Duftschmid, 1812)
• Poecilus subcoeruleus (Quensel, 1806)
• Poecilus subsimilis (Tschitscherine, 1893)
• Poecilus syriensis (Jedlicka, 1957)
• Poecilus szepligetii Csiki, 1908
• Poecilus tarimensis Tschitscherine, 1896
• Poecilus tengrensis Jedlicka, 1960
• Poecilus texanus (LeConte, 1863)
• Poecilus timuri Kabak, 1994
• Poecilus toxanbaicus Kabak, 1990
• Poecilus tschitscherini (Semenov, 1891)
• Poecilus turkestanicus Reitter, 1891
• Poecilus urgens Tschitscherine, 1898
• Poecilus uygur Kabak, 1997
• Poecilus versicolor (Sturm, 1824)
• Poecilus vicinus Levrat, 1858
• Poecilus vicinus Levrat, 1858
• Poecilus wollastoni (Wollaston, 1854)
• Poecilus zaballosi Jeanne & Ruiz-Tapiador, 1996
• Poecilus zhicharevi Lutshnik, 1933

External links

• Poecilus at Fauna Europaea