''Perileptus'' is a genus in the
beetle
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family
Carabidae
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. There are more than 50 described species in ''Perileptus''.
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Species
These 53 species belong to the genus ''Perileptus'':
* '' Perileptus africanus'' Jeannel, 1926 (Africa)
* '' Perileptus areolatus'' (Creutzer, 1799) (Palearctic
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* '' Perileptus asahinai'' Ueno, 1974 (Japan)
* '' Perileptus barberae'' Ortuño, 1991 (Spain)
* '' Perileptus birmanicus'' Jeannel, 1930 (Myanmar)
* '' Perileptus boettcheri'' (Jedlicka, 1935) (Philippines)
* '' Perileptus cameroni'' Jeannel, 1923 (India)
* '' Perileptus ceylanicus'' (Nietner, 1857) (Sri Lanka and India)
* '' Perileptus columbus'' Darlington, 1934 (Cuba)
* '' Perileptus constrictipes'' (Sloane, 1896) (Australia)
* '' Perileptus convexicollis'' Mateu, 1983 (Chad)
* '' Perileptus cylindricollis'' Baehr, 1997 (Australia)
* '' Perileptus cylindriformis'' Ueno, 1977 (Bhutan)
* '' Perileptus darlingtoni'' Casale & Laneyrie, 1989 (Indonesia and New Guinea)
* '' Perileptus davidsoni'' Deuve, 1989 (Nepal)
* '' Perileptus dentifer'' Darlington, 1936 (the Lesser Antilles and Hispaniola)
* '' Perileptus grandicollis'' Ueno & Yin, 1993 (China)
* '' Perileptus hesperidum'' Jeannel, 1925 (Cape Verde)
* '' Perileptus humidus'' Coquerel, 1866 (Reunion)
* '' Perileptus imaicus'' Jeannel, 1923 (China and India)
* '' Perileptus indicus'' Jeannel, 1923 (Sri Lanka, India, and Myanmar)
* '' Perileptus japonicus'' Bates, 1873 (China, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Indonesia, New Guinea, Russia)
* '' Perileptus jeanneli'' Darlington, 1934 (the Lesser Antilles)
* '' Perileptus jedlickai'' Ueno, 1976 (Iraq and Iran)
* '' Perileptus jelineki'' Muilwijk & Felix, 2008 (Iran)
* '' Perileptus larueei'' Jeannel, 1938 (Vanuatu)
* '' Perileptus laticeps'' Ueno, 1955 (Japan)
* '' Perileptus latimargo'' G.Müller, 1939 (Ethiopia)
* '' Perileptus ledouxi'' Deuve, 2004 (Ethiopia)
* '' Perileptus leleupi'' Basilewsky, 1951 (Democratic Republic of the Congo and Burundi)
* '' Perileptus madecassus'' Fairmaire, 1898 (Madagascar)
* '' Perileptus mameti'' Jeannel, 1946 (Reunion and Mauritius)
* '' Perileptus melas'' Jeannel, 1926 (Philippines)
* '' Perileptus mesasiaticus'' Ueno, 1976 (Saudi Arabia, Southwest Asia)
* '' Perileptus microps'' Andrewes, 1935 (India)
* '' Perileptus minimus'' Baehr, 1987 (Australia)
* '' Perileptus minutus'' Darlington, 1936 (the Lesser Antilles and Hispaniola)
* '' Perileptus morimotoi'' Ueno, 1955 (Japan)
* '' Perileptus naraensis'' Ueno, 1955 (Japan)
* '' Perileptus pilifer'' (Jeannel, 1926) (Indonesia and New Guinea)
* '' Perileptus platypterus'' Jeannel, 1923 (Indonesia)
* '' Perileptus promontorii'' Péringuey, 1896 (Namibia and South Africa)
* '' Perileptus pusilloides'' Deuve & Liang, 2016 (China)
* '' Perileptus pusillus'' Jeannel, 1923 (China, Taiwan, and Vietnam)
* '' Perileptus robustus'' Jeannel, 1923 (Iran and India)
* '' Perileptus rutilus'' Schaum, 1860 (Egypt, Yemen, Chad, and Sudan)
* '' Perileptus shakletoni'' Jeannel, 1935 (Mauretania, Niger, and Kenya)
* '' Perileptus sloanei'' B.Moore, 1966 (Australia)
* '' Perileptus stierlini'' Putzeys, 1870 (Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Syria, Niger, and Chad)
* '' Perileptus subopacus'' Baehr, 1987 (Australia)
* '' Perileptus testaceus'' Putzeys, 1870 (Arab Emirates, Oman, Yemen, and Somalia)
* '' Perileptus westralis'' B.Moore, 1972 (Australia)
* '' Perileptus wollastoni'' Jeannel, 1925 (Cape Verde)
References
Trechinae
Carabidae genera
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