Amphimenes
| Amphimenes | |
|---|---|
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| Amphimenes rufipes | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Genus: | Amphimenes Bates, 1873 |
| Species | |
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16 | |
Amphimenes is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, the ground beetles. They are native to Asia from Burma to Japan to Vietnam.[1]
These are small to medium-sized beetles. They have small to large eyes and short to long antennae. The bodies are totally or mostly hairless. Some are wingless. They are a solid color or may have light spots on the iridescent elytra. Their coloration is mostly dark but the legs are usually lighter, sometimes yellow to red in color.[1]
These beetles live in forests. They can be found in lowlands or in mountains. Species that live in trees have wings; those that live mostly on the ground are often wingless.[1]
As of 2010 there are 16 species in the genus, several newly described.[1]
Species include:[2]
- Amphimenes asahinai Nakane, 1957
- Amphimenes bidoupensis Fedorenko, 2010
- Amphimenes giganteus Fedorenko, 2010
- Amphimenes gracilis Fedorenko, 2010
- Amphimenes kabakovi Fedorenko, 2010
- Amphimenes maculatus Fedorenko, 2010
- Amphimenes medius Fedorenko, 2010
- Amphimenes minutus Fedorenko, 2010
- Amphimenes montanus Fedorenko, 2010
- Amphimenes nitidus Fedorenko, 2010
- Amphimenes piceolus Bates, 1873
- Amphimenes planicollis Fedorenko, 2010
- Amphimenes reflexicollis Fedorenko, 2010
- Amphimenes rufipes Fedorenko, 2010
- Amphimenes rugulipennis (Bates, 1892)
- Amphimenes ryukyuensis Habu, 1964
References
- 1 2 3 4 Fedorenko, D. N. (2010). New or little-known species of the genus Amphimenes Bates, 1873 (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Lebiinae) from Vietnam. ZooKeys 65 17-50.
- ↑ "Amphimenes Bates, 1873a: 322". Carabidae of the World. 2011. Retrieved 11 Jul 2011.
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