Poecilus
Introduction ''Poecilus lucublandus''''Poecilus chalcites'', Oklahoma, USA''Poecilus lepidus'', Denmark'''''Poecilus''''' is a genus of ground beetle native to the Afro-tropical, the Palearctic (including Europe), the Near East, North Africa, and North America regions.
Species These 144 species belong to the genus ''Poecilus'':* ''Poecilus abditus'' (Lutshnik, 1934)* ''Poecilus advena'' (Quensel, 1806)* ''Poecilus aegyptius'' (Tschitscherine, 1897)* ''Poecilus aeneolus'' (Chaudoir, 1868)* ''Poecilus aerarius'' (Coquerel, 1859)* ''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 bogatshevi'' (Kryzhanovskij, 1983)* ''Poecilus bokori'' (Csiki, 1930)* ''Poecilus bonvoisini'' (Reiche & Saulcy, 1855)* ''Poecilus campania'' (Andrewes, 1937)* ''Poecilus carbonicolor'' Solsky, 1874* ''Poecilus chalcites'' (Say, 1823)* ''Poecilus chinensis'' (Jedlicka, 1962)* ''Poecilus coarctatus'' Lucas, 1842* ''Poecilus coloradensis'' (Csiki, 1930)* ''Poecilus corvus'' (LeConte, 1873)* ''Poecilus crenulatus'' (Dejean, 1828)* ''Poecilus crenuliger'' Chaudoir, 1876* ''Poecilus crimeanus'' (Straneo, 1960)* ''Poecilus cupreus'' (Linnaeus, 1758)* ''Poecilus cursitor'' LeConte, 1853* ''Poecilus cursorius'' (Dejean, 1828)* ''Poecilus curtonotoides'' Kabak, 1997* ''Poecilus cyanicolor'' Chaudoir, 1876* ''Poecilus decipiens'' Waltl, 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 gisellae'' (Csiki, 1930)* ''Poecilus gobiensis'' (Jedlicka, 1968)* ''Poecilus gonioderus'' (Tschitscherine, 1901)* ''Poecilus gotschii'' (Chaudoir, 1846)* ''Poecilus grombczewskyi'' (Tschitscherine, 1891)* ''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 jakutorum'' (Poppius, 1904)* ''Poecilus janthinipennis'' Solsky, 1874* ''Poecilus jarkendis'' (Jedlicka, 1965)* ''Poecilus kabulensis'' (Jedlicka, 1956)* ''Poecilus kekesiensis'' Nyilas, 1993* ''Poecilus kizbaiensis'' Kabak, 1994* ''Poecilus korbi'' (Tschitscherine, 1893)* ''Poecilus koslovi'' (Tschitscherine, 1903)* ''Poecilus koyi'' Germar, 1823* ''Poecilus kraatzii'' (Heyden, 1882)* ''Poecilus kugelanni'' (Panzer, 1796)* ''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 lyroderus'' (Chaudoir, 1846)* ''Poecilus major'' (Motschulsky, 1844)* ''Poecilus melanochrus'' (Tschitscherine, 1901)* ''Poecilus mesembrinus'' (Tschitscherine, 1896)* ''Poecilus mexicanus'' Chaudoir, 1876* ''Poecilus mongoliensis'' (Jedlicka, 1962)* ''Poecilus muchei'' (Jedlicka, 1961)* ''Poecilus nearcticus'' (Lindroth, 1966)* ''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.Sahlberg, 1880)* ''Poecilus samurai'' (Lutshnik, 1916)* ''Poecilus schamsiensis'' (Poppius, 1908)* ''Poecilus scitulus'' LeConte, 1846* ''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 wollastoni'' (Wollaston, 1854)* ''Poecilus zaballosi'' Jeanne & Ruiz-Tapiador, 1995* ''Poecilus zhicharevi'' (Lutshnik, 1933)
References
External links * * ''Poecilus'' at Fauna Europaea