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Pericalus

Pericalus is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. There are at least 40 described species in Pericalus, found in the south, southeast, and east of Asia.

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Pericalus
Pericalus figuratus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Carabidae
Subfamily: Lebiinae
Tribe: Lebiini
Subtribe: Pericalina
Genus: Pericalus
W.S.MacLeay, 1825
Subgenera
  • Coeloprosopus Chaudoir, 1842
  • Pericalus W.S.MacLeay, 1825

Pericalus is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. There are at least 40 described species in Pericalus, found in the south, southeast, and east of Asia.12

Species

These 40 species belong to the genus Pericalus:12

  • Pericalus acutidens Shi & Liang, 2018 (China, Myanmar, Vietnam)
  • Pericalus aeneipennis Louwerens, 1964 (Indonesia and Borneo)
  • Pericalus amplus Andrewes, 1937 (China, India, Myanmar, Vietnam)
  • Pericalus angusticollis Baehr, 1994 (Indonesia and Borneo)
  • Pericalus atricornis Baehr, 1994 (Indonesia)
  • Pericalus baehri Fedorenko, 2017 (Indonesia and Borneo)
  • Pericalus cicindeloides (W.S.MacLeay, 1825) (Southeast Asia)
  • Pericalus cordicollis Andrewes, 1931 (Indonesia and Borneo)
  • Pericalus cuprascens Baehr, 1994 (Indonesia and New Guinea)
  • Pericalus depressus Andrewes, 1926 (Southeast Asia)
  • Pericalus distinctus Dupuis, 1913 (India and Myanmar)
  • Pericalus dux Andrewes, 1920 (China and Laos)
  • Pericalus elegans Shi & Liang, 2018 (China)
  • Pericalus fascinator Andrewes, 1937 (India)
  • Pericalus figuratus Chaudoir, 1861 (Indonesia and New Guinea)
  • Pericalus formosanus Dupuis, 1913 (Taiwan)
  • Pericalus funestus Andrewes, 1926 (Indonesia)
  • Pericalus gibbosus Shi & Liang, 2018 (China and Myanmar)
  • Pericalus gratus Schaum in Chaudoir, 1861 (Indonesia)
  • Pericalus guttatus Chevrolat, 1833 (Indomalaya)
  • Pericalus klapperichi Jedlicka, 1953
  • Pericalus laetus Schaum, 1860 (Indonesia and Borneo)
  • Pericalus levifrons Heller, 1916 (Philippines)
  • Pericalus longicollis Chaudoir, 1870 (Southeast Asia)
  • Pericalus magnus Baehr, 1994 (Indonesia)
  • Pericalus mariaarquezae Anichtchenko & Cabras, 2018 (Philippines)
  • Pericalus nigripes Baehr, 2000 (Indonesia and Borneo)
  • Pericalus novaeirlandiae Baehr, 2003 (New Guinea and Papua)
  • Pericalus obscuratus Shi & Liang, 2018 (China)
  • Pericalus obtusipennis Fedorenko, 2017 (China, Laos, Vietnam)
  • Pericalus ornatus Schmidt-Goebel, 1846 (China, Taiwan, Indomalaya)
  • Pericalus philippinus Heller, 1916 (Philippines)
  • Pericalus picturatus Chaudoir, 1870 (Indonesia)
  • Pericalus quadrimaculatus (W.S.MacLeay, 1825) (Southeast Asia)
  • Pericalus robustus Baehr, 1994 (Indonesia)
  • Pericalus signatus Jedlicka, 1936 (Philippines)
  • Pericalus tetrastigma Chaudoir, 1861 (Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Borneo)
  • Pericalus undatus Chaudoir, 1848 (Philippines)
  • Pericalus violaceus Andrewes, 1926 (Malaysia and Indonesia)
  • Pericalus xanthopus Schaum, 1860 (Malaysia, Indonesia, Borneo)
References

References

  1. "Pericalus W.S.MacLeay, 1825". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
  2. Lorenz, Wolfgang (2021). "Carabcat Database". doi:10.48580/dfqf-3dk. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
External links
  • Media related to Pericalus at Wikimedia Commons