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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.
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.
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.
As of 2010 there are 16 species in the genus, several newly described.
Species include:
- 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