Dercylus

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

==Species== These 35 species belong to the genus Dercylus: Dercylus alternans Kuntzen, 1912 (Colombia and Venezuela) Dercylus anthracinus (Dejean, 1831) (Brazil) Dercylus ater Laporte, 1832 (Brazil) Dercylus batesii Chaudoir, 1861 (Bolivia and Brazil) Dercylus bolivianus Kuntzen, 1912 (Bolivia) Dercylus buckleyi (Chaudoir, 1883) (Ecuador and Peru) Dercylus catenatus Kuntzen, 1912 Dercylus chaudoiri Kuntzen, 1912 (Brazil) Dercylus convexus Kuntzen, 1912 (Brazil) Dercylus cordicollis (Chaudoir, 1883) (Colombia and Ecuador) Dercylus crenatus Schaum, 1860 (Brazil) Dercylus davidsoni Moret in Moret & Bousquet, 1995 Dercylus franiai Moret in Moret & Bousquet, 1995 Dercylus gaujoni Moret in Moret & Bousquet, 1995 Dercylus gautardi Chaudoir, 1869 (Brazil) Dercylus gibber Moret in Moret & Bousquet, 1995 Dercylus gibbosus LaFerté-Sénectère, 1851 (Surinam, French Guiana, and Brazil) Dercylus granifer Moret in Moret & Bousquet, 1995 (Ecuador) Dercylus heynei Kuntzen, 1912 (Peru) Dercylus infernus LaFerté-Sénectère, 1851 (Venezuela and Brazil) Dercylus italoi Moret, 1999 (Ecuador) Dercylus licinoides (Perty, 1830) (Brazil) Dercylus mathani Moret in Moret & Bousquet, 1995 Dercylus mexicanus Bates, 1891 (Mexico) Dercylus nodosus Moret in Moret & Bousquet, 1995 Dercylus ohausi Kuntzen, 1912 (Brazil) Dercylus onorei Moret in Moret & Bousquet, 1995 (Ecuador) Dercylus opacus Kuntzen, 1912 (Colombia and Venezuela) Dercylus orbiculatus Moret in Moret & Bousquet, 1995 (Ecuador) Dercylus praepilatus Moret in Moret & Bousquet, 1995 (Ecuador) Dercylus punctatosulcatus Chaudoir, 1869 (Brazil) Dercylus puritanus Kuntzen, 1912 (Brazil) Dercylus steinbachi Kuntzen, 1912 (Bolivia and Paraguay) Dercylus tenebricosus LaFerté-Sénectère, 1851 (French Guiana and Brazil) Dercylus tuberculatus (Chaudoir, 1883) (Colombia)