''Dercylus'' is a genus in the

beetle Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...

family

Carabidae Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe. As of 2015, it is one of the 10 most species-rich animal ...

. There are more than 30 described species in ''Dercylus'', found primarily in Mexico, Central America, and South America.

Species

These 35 species belong to the genus ''Dercylus'': * '' Dercylus alternans'' Kuntzen, 1912 (Colombia and Venezuela) * '' Dercylus anthracinus'' (Dejean, 1831) (Brazil) * '' Dercylus ater'' Laporte, 1832 (Brazil) * '' Dercylus batesii'' Chaudoir, 1861 (Bolivia and Brazil) * '' Dercylus bolivianus'' Kuntzen, 1912 (Bolivia) * '' Dercylus buckleyi'' (Chaudoir, 1883) (Ecuador and Peru) * '' Dercylus catenatus'' Kuntzen, 1912 * '' Dercylus chaudoiri'' Kuntzen, 1912 (Brazil) * '' Dercylus convexus'' Kuntzen, 1912 (Brazil) * '' Dercylus cordicollis'' (Chaudoir, 1883) (Colombia and Ecuador) * '' Dercylus crenatus'' Schaum, 1860 (Brazil) * '' Dercylus davidsoni'' Moret in Moret & Bousquet, 1995 * '' Dercylus franiai'' Moret in Moret & Bousquet, 1995 * '' Dercylus gaujoni'' Moret in Moret & Bousquet, 1995 * '' Dercylus gautardi'' Chaudoir, 1869 (Brazil) * '' Dercylus gibber'' Moret in Moret & Bousquet, 1995 * '' Dercylus gibbosus'' LaFerté-Sénectère, 1851 (Surinam, French Guiana, and Brazil) * '' Dercylus granifer'' Moret in Moret & Bousquet, 1995 (Ecuador) * '' Dercylus heynei'' Kuntzen, 1912 (Peru) * '' Dercylus infernus'' LaFerté-Sénectère, 1851 (Venezuela and Brazil) * '' Dercylus italoi'' Moret, 1999 (Ecuador) * '' Dercylus licinoides'' (Perty, 1830) (Brazil) * '' Dercylus mathani'' Moret in Moret & Bousquet, 1995 * '' Dercylus mexicanus'' Bates, 1891 (Mexico) * '' Dercylus nodosus'' Moret in Moret & Bousquet, 1995 * '' Dercylus ohausi'' Kuntzen, 1912 (Brazil) * '' Dercylus onorei'' Moret in Moret & Bousquet, 1995 (Ecuador) * '' Dercylus opacus'' Kuntzen, 1912 (Colombia and Venezuela) * '' Dercylus orbiculatus'' Moret in Moret & Bousquet, 1995 (Ecuador) * '' Dercylus praepilatus'' Moret in Moret & Bousquet, 1995 (Ecuador) * '' Dercylus punctatosulcatus'' Chaudoir, 1869 (Brazil) * '' Dercylus puritanus'' Kuntzen, 1912 (Brazil) * '' Dercylus steinbachi'' Kuntzen, 1912 (Bolivia and Paraguay) * '' Dercylus tenebricosus'' LaFerté-Sénectère, 1851 (French Guiana and Brazil) * '' Dercylus tuberculatus'' (Chaudoir, 1883) (Colombia)

References

Licininae Carabidae genera {{licininae-stub