Pelecium
# 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)
