Pedius (beetle)
Genus of beetles
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Pedius is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. There are about five described species in Pedius.[1][2]
| Pedius | |
|---|---|
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| Pedius longicollis, Switzerland | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Subfamily: | Pterostichinae |
| Tribe: | Pterostichini |
| Subtribe: | Pterostichina |
| Genus: | Pedius Motschulsky, 1850 |
Species
These five species belong to the genus Pedius:
- Pedius figuratus (Wollaston, 1864) (Canary Islands)
- Pedius ineptus (Coquerel, 1859) (Algeria, Tunisia)
- Pedius inquinatus (Sturm, 1824) (Palearctic)
- Pedius longicollis (Duftschmid, 1812) (Palearctic)
- Pedius siculus (Levrat, 1857) (Sicily, Italy)
