Amphimenes

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Adephaga

Familia: Carabidae
Subfamilia: Harpalinae
Supertribus: Lebiitae
Tribus: Lebiini
Subtribus: Pericalina
Genus: Amphimenes
Species (19): A. absensacidus – A. asahinai – A. beichatiensis – A. bidoupensis – A. carinacaulis – A. giganteus – A. gracilis – A. kabakovi – A. maculatus – A. medius – A. minutus – A. montanus – A. nitidus – A. piceolus – A. planicollis – A. reflexicollis – A. rugulipennis – A. ryukyuensis – A. rufipes
Name

Amphimenes Bates, 1873

Type species: Amphimenes piceolus Bates, 1873

Amphimenes rufipes

References

Bates, F. 1873. Descriptions of new genera and species of Tenebrionidae from Australia, New Caledonia and Norfolk Island. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 21(3): 347–380. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1873.tb02312.x. BHL. Reference page.
Fedorenko, D.N. 2010: New or little-known species of the genus Amphimenes Bates, 1873 (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Lebiinae) from Vietnam. ZooKeys, 65: 17–50. ISSN: 1313-2970 (online) ISSN: 1313-2989 (print) DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.65.503
Habu, A. 1964: On the species of the genus Amphimenes (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Kontyû, 32(4): 472–478.
Hunting, W.M. & Yang, M-M. 2019. A taxonomic review of the pericaline ground-beetles in Taiwan, with descriptions of new species (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Lebiini). Zookeys, 816: 1–164. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.816.29738 Open access. Reference page.

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

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.