''Pediomorphus'' is a genus of
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 ...
s in the 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 ...
first described by
Maximilien Chaudoir
Maximilien Chaudoir, or Maximilien, baron de Chaudoir, (12 September 1816, , near Zhytomyr – 6 May 1881, Amélie-les-Bains) was a Russia, Russian entomology, entomologist. He was a specialist in Beetle, Coleoptera and in particular the Ground be ...
in 1878.
Species
''Pediomorphus'' contains the following thirteen species:
* ''
Pediomorphus crenulatus''
Will, 2019
* ''
Pediomorphus elongatus''
Sloane, 1898
* ''
Pediomorphus macleayi''
Sloane, 1900
* ''
Pediomorphus maximus''
Will, 2019
* ''
Pediomorphus minor''
Will, 2019
* ''
Pediomorphus obtusus''
Will, 2019
* ''
Pediomorphus planiusculus''
Chaudoir, 1878
* ''
Pediomorphus punctatus''
Will, 2019
* ''
Pediomorphus robustus''
Will, 2019
* ''
Pediomorphus ruficollis''
Sloane, 1900
* ''
Pediomorphus semilaevis''
Will, 2019
* ''
Pediomorphus storeyi''
Will, 2019
* ''
Pediomorphus variabilis''
(Straneo, 1960)
References
Pterostichinae
Carabidae genera
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