''Panagaeus'' 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 ...

, native to the

Holarctic The Holarctic realm is a biogeographic realm that comprises the majority of habitats found throughout the continents in the Northern Hemisphere. It corresponds to the floristic Boreal Kingdom. It includes both the Nearctic zoogeographical reg ...

(including

Europe Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east ...

), the

Near East The Near East () is a transcontinental region around the Eastern Mediterranean encompassing the historical Fertile Crescent, the Levant, Anatolia, Egypt, Mesopotamia, and coastal areas of the Arabian Peninsula. The term was invented in the 20th ...

, and

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, as well as Central and South America. There are about 15 described species in ''Panagaeus''. Panagaeus sallei

Species

These 15 species belong to the genus ''Panagaeus'': * '' Panagaeus abei'' Nakane, 1997 (Japan) * '' Panagaeus asuai'' Ogueta, 1966 (Hispaniola) * ''

Panagaeus bipustulatus ''Panagaeus bipustulatus'' is a species of ground beetle native to Europe and the Near East. In Europe, it is found in Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, mainland Denmark, Estonia, Finland, mainland F ...

'' (Fabricius, 1775) (

Palearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is a biogeographic realm of the Earth, the largest of eight. Confined almost entirely to the Eastern Hemisphere, it stretches across Europe and Asia, north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. Th ...

) * '' Panagaeus coreanus'' Nakane, 1997 (North Korea and South Korea) * '' Panagaeus cruciger'' Say, 1823 (United States) * ''

Panagaeus cruxmajor ''Panagaeus cruxmajor'', the crucifix ground beetle, is a rare European ground beetle. In England it occurs in a few places only. '' Panagaeus bipustulatus'' is a commoner relative, looking very much alike except for having a distinct male genita ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (Palearctic) * '' Panagaeus davidi'' Fairmaire, 1887 (China and North Korea) * '' Panagaeus fasciatus'' Say, 1823 (United States and Canada) * '' Panagaeus japonicus'' Chaudoir, 1862 (China, North Korea, South Korea, Japan, and Russia) * '' Panagaeus panamensis'' LaFerté-Sénectère, 1851 (Ecuador and Panama) * '' Panagaeus quadrisignatus'' Chevrolat, 1835 (Mexico) * '' Panagaeus relictus'' Semenov & Bogachev, 1938 (Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tadzhikistan, and China) * '' Panagaeus robustus'' A.Morawitz, 1862 (North Korea, Japan, and Russia) * '' Panagaeus sallei'' Chaudoir, 1862 (United States and Mexico) * † '' Panagaeus dryadum'' Oustalet, 1874

References

External links

* Panagaeinae Carabidae genera {{panagaeinae-stub