''Metius'' is a genus of
beetle
Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...
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 fami ...
, containing the following species:
* ''
Metius aeneus''
(Dejean, 1831)
* ''
Metius andicola''
(Dejean, 1831)
* ''
Metius annulicornis''
Curtis, 1839
* ''
Metius apicalis''
Straneo, 1986
* ''
Metius auratoides''
Straneo, 1986
* ''
Metius blandus''
(Dejean, 1828)
* ''
Metius bolivianus''
Straneo, 1951
* ''
Metius bonariensis''
(Putzeys, 1875)
* ''
Metius brunnescens''
Straneo, 1951
* ''
Metius canotae''
Steinheil, 1869
* ''
Metius carnifex''
(Dejean, 1828)
* ''
Metius caudatus''
(Putzeys, 1875)
* ''
Metius chilensis''
(Dejean, 1831)
* ''
Metius circumfusus''
(Germar, 1824)
* ''
Metius confusus''
Straneo, 1951
* ''
Metius constrictus''
Straneo, 1951
* ''
Metius cordatulus''
Straneo, 1951
* ''
Metius cordatus''
(Putzeys, 1875)
* ''
Metius eurypterus''
(Putzeys, 1875)
* ''
Metius femoratus''
(Dejean, 1828)
* ''
Metius flavipes''
(Dejean, 1828)
* ''
Metius flavipleuris''
Straneo, 1951
* ''
Metius foveolatus''
(Putzeys, 1875)
* ''
Metius gigas''
Straneo, 1953
* ''
Metius gilvipes''
(Dejean, 1828)
* ''
Metius guillermoi''
Will, 2005
* ''
Metius harpaloides''
Curtis, 1839
* ''
Metius hassenteufeli''
Straneo, 1960
* ''
Metius incertus''
(Putzeys, 1875)
* ''
Metius kulti''
Straneo, 1952
* ''
Metius kuscheli''
Straneo, 1955
* ''
Metius latemarginatus''
Straneo, 1951
* ''
Metius latigastricus''
(Dejean, 1828)
* ''
Metius latior''
Putzeys, 1875
* ''
Metius loeffleri''
Straneo, 1986
* ''
Metius luridus''
(Chaudoir, 1837)
* ''
Metius malachiticus''
(Dejean, 1828)
* ''
Metius marginatus''
(Dejean, 1828)
* ''
Metius mateui''
Straneo, 1986
* ''
Metius melancholicus''
Straneo, 1952
* ''
Metius negrei
''Metius negrei'' is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Pterostichinae
Pterostichinae is a subfamily of ground beetles (family Carabidae). It belongs to the advanced harpaline assemblage, and if these are circumscribed ''sensu lato'' ...
''
Straneo, 1977
* ''
Metius niger''
(Motschulsky, 1866)
* ''
Metius obscurus''
(Putzeys, 1875)
* ''
Metius obtusus''
Straneo, 1951
* ''
Metius parvicollis''
(Putzeys, 1875)
* ''
Metius parvulus''
Straneo, 1952
* ''
Metius peruvianus''
Straneo, 1951
* ''
Metius pogonoides''
(Fairmaire, 1883)
* ''
Metius punctulatus''
Putzeys, 1875
* ''
Metius robustus''
Straneo, 1951
* ''
Metius rotundatus''
Straneo, 1951
* ''
Metius rotundicollis''
Straneo, 1951
* ''
Metius silvestrii''
Straneo, 1951
* ''
Metius striatus''
(Putzeys, 1875)
* ''
Metius striolatus''
Straneo, 1951
* ''
Metius subcoeruleus''
Straneo, 1951
* ''
Metius subfoveolatus''
Straneo, 1951
* ''
Metius submetallicus''
Straneo, 1986
* ''
Metius subsericeus''
Straneo, 1952
* ''
Metius titschacki''
Straneo, 1951
* ''
Metius viridulus''
Straneo, 1953
* ''
Metius zischkai''
Straneo, 1960
References
Carabidae genera
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