Pericompsus

***Pericompsus*** er slekt av små løpebiller.

## Utseende
Små løpebiller, kroppsformen forholdsvis slank og oftest litt flat, overflaten oftest blank, fargen gjerne brunrød. Fasettøynene er gjerne forholdsvis store. Dekkvingene mangler eller har lite utviklede punktstriper. Som hos flere andre slekter av skyggeløpere er det ytterste ledden på maksillarpalpene redusert til en liten tapp.

## Levevis

## Utbredelse
Slekten er utbredt i Amerika (mest i den neotropiske økosonen) og i Australia.

## Systematisk inndeling

* Ordenen biller,** Coleoptera** Linnaeus, 1758
** Underordenen Adephaga 
*** Overfamilien løpebiller og vannkalver, Caraboidea
**** Familien løpebiller, Carabidae Latreille, 1802
***** Underfamilien **[[skyggeløpere]], [[Trechinae]]** Bonelli, 1810
****** Stammen Bembidiini Stephens, 1827  
******* Gruppen Tachyina Motschulsky, 1862
******** Slekten ***Pericompsus*** LeConte, 1852
********* *[[Pericompsus aeon]]* Erwin, 1974
********* *[[Pericompsus alcimus]]* Erwin, 1974
********* *[[Pericompsus amygdali]]* Erwin, 1974
********* *[[Pericompsus anassa]]* Erwin, 1974
********* *[[Pericompsus andinus]]* (Jensen-Haarup, 1910
********* *[[Pericompsus australis]]* (Schaum, 1863)
********* *[[Pericompsus bilbo]]* Erwin, 1974
********* *[[Pericompsus bogani]]* (Darlington, 1963)
********* *[[Pericompsus brasiliensis]]* (Sahlberg, 1844
********* *[[Pericompsus callicalymma]]* Erwin, 1974
********* *[[Pericompsus carinatus]]* Erwin, 1974
********* *[[Pericompsus centroplagiatus]]* (Putzeys, 1846
********* *[[Pericompsus circuliformis]]* (Solier, 1849
********* *[[Pericompsus clitellaris]]* (Erichson, 1847
********* *[[Pericompsus commotes]]* Erwin, 1974
********* *[[Pericompsus concinnus]]* (Laferte, 1841
********* *[[Pericompsus crossarchon]]* Erwin, 1974
********* *[[Pericompsus crossodmos]]* Erwin, 1974
********* *[[Pericompsus crossotus]]* Erwin, 1974
********* *[[Pericompsus diabalius]]* Erwin, 1974
********* *[[Pericompsus dynastes]]* Erwin, 1974
********* *[[Pericompsus elegantulus]]* (Laferte, 1841
********* *[[Pericompsus ephippiatus]]* (Say, 1834
********* *[[Pericompsus eubothrus]]* Erwin, 1974
********* *[[Pericompsus gongylus]]* Erwin, 1974
********* *[[Pericompsus gracilior]]* (Bates, 1884
********* *[[Pericompsus grossepunctatus]]* Bates, 1871
********* *[[Pericompsus habitans]]* (Sloane, 1896)
********* *[[Pericompsus hirsutus]]* Schaum, 1863
********* *[[Pericompsus histrionellus]]* Bates, 1884
********* *[[Pericompsus immaculatus]]* Bates, 1871
********* *[[Pericompsus incisus]]* Bates, 1871
********* *[[Pericompsus jamcubanus]]* Erwin, 1974
********* *[[Pericompsus jeppeseni]]* (Jensen-Haarup, 1910
********* *[[Pericompsus juncundus]]* Schaum, 1859
********* *[[Pericompsus laetulus]]* LeConte, 1851
********* *[[Pericompsus leechi]]* Erwin, 1974
********* *[[Pericompsus leucocarenus]]* Erwin, 1974
********* *[[Pericompsus longulus]]* Bates, 1878
********* *[[Pericompsus metallicus]]* Bates, 1871
********* *[[Pericompsus micropegasus]]* Erwin, 1974
********* *[[Pericompsus morantensis]]* Erwin, 1974
********* *[[Pericompsus nevermanni]]* (Darlington, 1934
********* *[[Pericompsus nonandinus]]* Erwin, 1974
********* *[[Pericompsus olliffi]]* (Sloane, 1896)
********* *[[Pericompsus pauli]]* Erwin, 1974
********* *[[Pericompsus pegasus]]* Erwin, 1974
********* *[[Pericompsus philipi]]* Erwin, 1974
********* *[[Pericompsus picticornis]]* Bates, 1871
********* *[[Pericompsus polychaetus]]* Erwin, 1974
********* *[[Pericompsus prionomus]]* Erwin, 1974
********* *[[Pericompsus pubifrons]]* (Darlington, 1963)
********* *[[Pericompsus punctipennis]]* (Macleay, 1871)
********* *[[Pericompsus reichei]]* (Putzeys, 1846
********* *[[Pericompsus reticulatus]]* Erwin, 1974
********* *[[Pericompsus rorschachinus]]* Erwin, 1974
********* *[[Pericompsus sagma]]* Erwin, 1974
********* *[[Pericompsus sellatus]]* LeConte, 1851
********* *[[Pericompsus semistriatus]]* (Blackburn, 1888)
********* *[[Pericompsus seticollis]]* (Sloane, 1896)
********* *[[Pericompsus silicis]]* Erwin, 1974
********* *[[Pericompsus stenocitharus]]* Erwin, 1974
********* *[[Pericompsus subincisus]]* Erwin, 1974
********* *[[Pericompsus tetraphalarus]]* Erwin, 1974
********* *[[Pericompsus tlaloc]]* Erwin, 1974
********* *[[Pericompsus tolype]]* Erwin, 1974
********* *[[Pericompsus univittatus]]* (Jensen-Harrup, 1910
********* *[[Pericompsus yarrensis]]* (Blackburn, 1892)

## Eksterne lenker
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