''Paradromius'' 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 20 described species in ''Paradromius'', found in North Africa, the

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 ...

, and the Middle East.

Species

These 25 species belong to the genus ''Paradromius'': * '' Paradromius amoenus'' (Wollaston, 1864) (the Canary Islands) * '' Paradromius amplior'' Machado, 1992 (the Canary Islands) * '' Paradromius arnoldii'' Kabak & Komarov, 1995 (Kyrgyzstan) * '' Paradromius bermejoi'' (Mateu, 1956) (Western Sahara) * '' Paradromius cylindraticollis'' (Peyerimhoff, 1927) (Egypt) * '' Paradromius dendrobates'' (Bedel, 1900) (Algeria and Tunisia) * '' Paradromius exornatus'' Machado, 1992 (the Canary Islands) * '' Paradromius hariensis'' Machado, 1992 (the Canary Islands) * '' Paradromius insularis'' (Wollaston, 1854) (Madeira and the Canary Islands) * '' Paradromius iucundus'' Machado, 1992 (the Canary Islands) * '' Paradromius kocheri'' Antoine, 1963 (Morocco) * '' Paradromius linearis'' (Olivier, 1795) (Europe and Asia) * '' Paradromius longiceps'' (Dejean, 1826) (Palearctic) * '' Paradromius pilifer'' (Bedel, 1900) (Spain, Morocco, and Algeria) * '' Paradromius proderus'' (Fairmaire, 1880) (Morocco) * '' Paradromius puncticeps'' (Bedel, 1907) (Morocco and Algeria) * '' Paradromius purpurarius'' Machado, 1992 (the Canary Islands) * '' Paradromius ruficollis'' (Motschulsky, 1844) (Palearctic) * '' Paradromius saharensis'' (Mateu, 1947) (Western Sahara) * '' Paradromius scholzi'' Machado, 1992 (the Canary Islands) * '' Paradromius strigifrons'' (Wollaston, 1865) (the Canary Islands) * '' Paradromius sublinearis'' (Escalera, 1914) (Morocco and Western Sahara) * '' Paradromius suturalis'' (Motschulsky, 1844) (Greece, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, and Russia) * '' Paradromius tamaranus'' Machado, 1992 (the Canary Islands) * '' Paradromius vagepictus'' (Fairmaire, 1875) (North Africa and the Middle East)

References

External links

* Lebiinae Carabidae genera {{lebiinae-stub