Amphimenes

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]

Amphimenes
Amphimenes rufipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Suborder:
Adephaga
Family:
Carabidae
Genus:
Amphimenes

Bates, 1873
Species

16

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. Fedorenko, D. N. (2010). New or little-known species of the genus Amphimenes Bates, 1873 (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Lebiinae) from Vietnam. ZooKeys 65 17-50.
  2. "Amphimenes Bates, 1873a: 322". Carabidae of the World. 2011. Retrieved 11 Jul 2011.


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