Pelecium

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