Polemius

Polemius er en slekt av biller i delgruppen (underfamilien) Silinae i familiegruppen bløtvinger.

Utseende 
Middelsstore, avlange, ofte gulrødlige bløtvinger, dekkvingene kan være mer eller mindre svarte.

Levevis 
Disse billene finnes gjerne krypende i vegetasjonen. De er rovdyr.

Utbredelse  
Slekten er utbredt i de Nye verden, de fleste i den neotropiske økosonen.

Systematisk inndeling 

 orden biller (Coleoptera)
 underorden Polyphaga
 overfamilie Cantharoidea
 familien  bløtvinger (Cantharidae)
 underfamilie Silinae
 slekten Polemius LeConte, 1851
 Polemius albicucca Pic, 1910
 Polemius albimargo Champion, 1915
 Polemius albolateralis Pic, 1926
 Polemius albonotatus Pic, 1927
 Polemius amiculus Gorham, 1885
 Polemius annulimembris Pic, 1927
 Polemius argentinus Pic, 1927
 Polemius arizonensis Schaeffer, 1908
 Polemius atricolor Pic, 1926
 Polemius aurantiacus Pic, 1926
 Polemius basihumeralis Pic, 1955
 Polemius bilateralis Pic, 1927
 Polemius bimaculatus Champion, 1915
 Polemius binotatus Fall, 1907
 Polemius bivittatus Gorham, 1881
 Polemius bolivianus Pic, 1927
 Polemius brevicornis Kirsch, 1865
 Polemius breviusculus Champion, 1915
 Polemius canadensis Brown, 1940
 Polemius carinatus Pic, 1927
 Polemius caucaensis Pic, 1927
 Polemius cavicollis Champion, 1915
 Polemius cephalotes Gorham, 1885
 Polemius costatulus Constantin, 2017
 Polemius crassicornis Wickham, 1914
 Polemius dentimargo Champion, 1915
 Polemius depressicornis Pic, 1927
 Polemius difficilis Gorham, 1881
 Polemius dilataticeps Pic, 1926
 Polemius disjunctus Pic, 1927
 Polemius flaccidus Gorham, 1881
 Polemius fleximargo Champion, 1915
 Polemius foucheri Pic, 1931
 Polemius sucovittatus Champion, 1915
 Polemius geniculatus Pic, 1926
 Polemius germaini Pic, 1927
 Polemius gracilipes Pic, 1927
 Polemius hirticornis Champion, 1915
 Polemius hispaniolae Leng & Mutchler, 1922
 Polemius humeralis (Pic, 1909)
 Polemius languidus Horn, 1894
 Polemius integer Champion, 1915
 Polemius lateapicalis Pic, 1926
 Polemius lateluteus Pic, 1927
 Polemius laticornis (Say, 1825)
 Polemius limbatus LeConte, 1851
 Polemius lineatocollis Champion, 1915
 Polemius lisabus Delk., 1939
 Polemius longicornis Gorham, 1885
 Polemius lugens (Kirsch, 1873)
 Polemius lugubris Gorham, 1881
 Polemius luteoapicalis Pic, 1926
 Polemius luteofasciatus Pic, 1926
 Polemius luteosuturalis Pic, 1926
 Polemius lyciformis Pic, 1927
 Polemius maculifrons Champion, 1915
 Polemius medianus Champion, 1915
 Polemius megalophthalmus Champion, 1915
 Polemius melanurus Kirsch, 1865
 Polemius mimetus Gorham, 1881
 Polemius mimicus Pic, 1937
 Polemius minutus Gorham, 1885
 Polemius niger Schaeffer, 1908
 Polemius nigricolor Pic, 1927
 Polemius nigroapicalis Pic, 1927
 Polemius nigrolimbatus Champion, 1915
 Polemius nigromarginatus Champion, 1915
 Polemius nigroplectrum Gorham, 1885
 Polemius nobilis Kirsch, 1865
 Polemius ornaticollis Champion, 1915
 Polemius pauperculus Gorham, 1885
 Polemius photinoides Gorham, 1881
 Polemius princeps LeConte, 1885
 Polemius proximus Gorham, 1885
 Polemius reedi Pic, 1926
 Polemius regularis Fall, 1907
 Polemius repandus LeConte, 1866
 Polemius robini Constantin, 2017
 Polemius rugipennis Gorham, 1881
 Polemius sallaei Gorham, 1885
 Polemius semiaurantiacus Pic, 1955
 Polemius semirugulosus Pic, 1926
 Polemius serricornis Gorham, 1885
 Polemius similis Constantin, 2017
 Polemius spissicornis Champion, 1915
 Polemius strenuus LeConte, 1885
 Polemius subdilaticornis Pic, 1927
 Polemius suturalis Blatchley, 1928
 Polemius telephoroides (Schaeffer, 1909)
 Polemius testaceicoxis Pic, 1927
 Polemius triangulifer Pic, 1931
 Polemius tricostatus Pic, 1927
 Polemius tristiculus Champion, 1915
 Polemius tuberculaticollis Pic, 1927
 Polemius unisulcatus Wittmer, 1954
 Polemius varicornis Kirsch, 1870
 Polemius venustus Kirsch, 1865
 Polemius xanthoderes Champion, 1915

Litteratur

Eksterne lenker 
 bugguide.net - bildedatabase over nordamerikanske insekter 
 

Bløtvinger
Biller formelt beskrevet i 1851
Dyr formelt beskrevet av John Lawrence LeConte