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 34 species belong to the genus Pelecium:


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