Poecilus ground beetle native to the Afro-tropical region, the Palearctic (including Europe ), the Near East , and North Africa . It contains the following species:
Poecilus abditus Lutshnik, 1934 Poecilus advena Quensel, 1806 Poecilus aegyptius (Tschitscherine, 1897) Poecilus aeneolus (Chaudoir, 1868) Poecilus aerarius (Coquerel, 1859) Poecilus affinissimus (Ali, 1967) Poecilus akinini Tschitscherine, 1887 Poecilus alexandrae Tschitscherine, 1889 Poecilus alutaceus (Tschitscherine, 1893) Poecilus anatolicus (Chaudoir, 1850) Poecilus anodon (Chaudoir, 1868) Poecilus aralensis Glasunov, 1909 Poecilus aztecus (Tschitscherine, 1897) Poecilus baeticus Rambur, 1838 Poecilus balassogloi (Tschitscherine, 1887) Poecilus batesianus Lutshnik, 1916 Poecilus beesoni (Andrewes, 1927) Poecilus bokori Csiki, 1930 Poecilus bonvoisini (Reiche & Saulcy, 1855) Poecilus carbonicolor Solsky, 1874 Poecilus chalcites (Say, 1823) Poecilus chinensis Jedlicka, 1962 Poecilus coarctatus Lucas, 1842 Poecilus coloradensis (Csiki, 1930) Poecilus corvus (LeConte, 1837) Poecilus crenatus (Dejean, 1828) Poecilus crenulatus Dejean, 1828 Poecilus crenuliger Chaudoir, 1876 Poecilus crimeanus Straneo, 1960 Poecilus cupreus Linne, 1758 Poecilus cursitor LeConte, 1852 Poecilus cursorius Dejean, 1828 Poecilus curtonotoides Kabak, 1997 Poecilus cyanicolor Chaudoir, 1876 Poecilus decipiens Wallt, 1835 Poecilus diplophryus Chaudoir, 1876 Poecilus dissors (Tschitscherine, 1893) Poecilus effrenus (Lutshnik, 1930) Poecilus encopoleus Solsky, 1873 Poecilus excellens (Tschitscherine, 1895) Poecilus exilicaudis Kabak, 1998 Poecilus festivus (Chaudoir, 1868) Poecilus fortipes (Chaudoir, 1850) Poecilus gaturs (Davies, 2004) Poecilus gebleri (Dejean, 1828) Poecilus gobiensis (Jedlicka, 1968) Poecilus gonioderus (Tschitscherine, 1901) Poecilus gotschii (Chaudoir, 1846) Poecilus grombczewskyi (Tschitscherine, 1890) Poecilus grumi (Tschitscherine, 1898) Poecilus gurjevae Kabak, 1994 Poecilus hafezi Morvan, 1975 Poecilus hanhaicus (Tschitscherine, 1894) Poecilus houskai (Jedlicka, 1952) Poecilus ilgazdensis Jedlicka, 1961 Poecilus innatus Glasunov, 1909 Poecilus iranicus (Morvan, 1974) Poecilus isfanensis Kabak, 1998 Poecilus ispulensis Kabak, 1994 Poecilus jacutorum Poppius, 1904 Poecilus janthinipennis Solsky, 1874 Poecilus kabulensis (Jedlicka, 1956) Poecilus kaschgaricus (Jedlicka, 1957) Poecilus kekesiensis Nyilas, 1993 Poecilus kizbaiensis Kabak, 1994 Poecilus korbi (Tschitschcrine, 1893) Poecilus koyi Germar, 1824 Poecilus kozlovi Tschitscherine, 1903 Poecilus kraatzii (Heyden, 1882) Poecilus kugelanni (Panzer, 1797) Poecilus laetulus (LeConte, 1863) Poecilus laevicollis Chaudoir, 1842 Poecilus laevigatus (L. Dufour, 1820) Poecilus lamproderus (Chaudoir, 1868) Poecilus lepidus (Leske, 1785) Poecilus leptoderus Solsky, 1874 Poecilus liosomus Chaudoir, 1876 Poecilus longiventris Solsky, 1874 Poecilus lucasii (Reiche, 1861) Poecilus lucublandus (Say, 1823) Poecilus major Motschulsky, 1844 Poecilus melanochrous (Tschitscherine, 1901) Poecilus mesembrinus Tschitscherine, 1896 Poecilus mexicanus Chaudoir, 1876 Poecilus mongoliensis (Jedlicka, 1962) Poecilus muchei (Jedlicka, 1961) Poecilus nemotoi (Straneo, 1989) Poecilus nigripalpis (Jedlicka, 1963) Poecilus nitens (Chaudoir, 1850) Poecilus nitidicollis Motschulsky, 1844 Poecilus nitidus (Dejean, 1828) Poecilus occidentalis (Dejean, 1828) Poecilus oirat Kabak, 1994 Poecilus ovtshinnikovi Kabak, 1994 Poecilus pantanellii A. Fiori, 1903 Poecilus peregrinus (Tschitscherine, 1898) Poecilus pertusus (Schaum, 1858) Poecilus pharao (Lutshnik, 1916) Poecilus polychromus Tschitscherine, 1889 Poecilus prasinotinctus (Csiki, 1930) Poecilus pseudopurpurascens (Kirschenhofer, 1987) Poecilus pucholti (Jedlicka, 1962) Poecilus puer Kabak, 1997 Poecilus punctibasis (Chaudoir, 1868) Poecilus puncticollis (Dejean, 1828) Poecilus punctulatus Schaller, 1783 Poecilus purpurascens (Dejean, 1828) Poecilus quadricollis (Dejean, 1828) Poecilus ravus Lutshnik, 1922 Poecilus rebeli (Apfelbeck, 1904) Poecilus reflexicollis Gebler, 1832 Poecilus reicheianus (Peyron, 1858) Poecilus rostowtzowi (Tschitscherine, 1899) Poecilus samojedorum J.R. Sahlberg, 1880 Poecilus samurai (Lutshnik, 1916) Poecilus schamsiensis (Poppius, 1908) Poecilus scitulus LeConte, 1848 Poecilus sericeus Fischer von Waldheim, 1824 Poecilus slivkini Kabak, 1994 Poecilus soederbomi (Jedlicka, 1935) Poecilus songinus (Jedlicka, 1968) Poecilus spectus (Jedlicka, 1962) Poecilus stenoderus (Chaudoir, 1846) Poecilus striatopunctatus (Duftschmid, 1812) Poecilus subcoeruleus (Quensel, 1806) Poecilus subsimilis (Tschitscherine, 1893) Poecilus syriensis (Jedlicka, 1957) Poecilus szepligetii Csiki, 1908 Poecilus tarimensis Tschitscherine, 1896 Poecilus tengrensis Jedlicka, 1960 Poecilus texanus (LeConte, 1863) Poecilus timuri Kabak, 1994 Poecilus toxanbaicus Kabak, 1990 Poecilus tschitscherini (Semenov, 1891) Poecilus turkestanicus Reitter, 1891 Poecilus urgens Tschitscherine, 1898 Poecilus uygur Kabak, 1997 Poecilus versicolor (Sturm, 1824) Poecilus vicinus Levrat, 1858 Poecilus vicinus Levrat, 1858 Poecilus wollastoni (Wollaston, 1854) Poecilus zaballosi Jeanne & Ruiz-Tapiador, 1996 Poecilus zhicharevi Lutshnik, 1933 
