Asklepia is a genus of beetle in the family Carabidae first described by Max Liebke in 1938. The genus is found in South America, from Colombia south to central Argentina. They measure .
The genus names refers to the Greek god Asclepius (Asklepios), but the reason for this association is unknown.
Species Asklepia contains the following twenty-seven species:
Asklepia adisi Erwin & Zamorano, 2014 Asklepia asuncionensis Erwin & Zamorano, 2014 Asklepia biolat Erwin & Zamorano, 2014 Asklepia bracheia Zamorano & Erwin, 2014 Asklepia campbellorum Zamorano & Erwin, 2014 Asklepia cuiabaensis Erwin & Zamorano, 2014 Asklepia demiti Erwin & Zamorano, 2014 Asklepia duofos Zamorano & Erwin, 2014 Asklepia ecuadoriana Erwin & Zamorano, 2014 Asklepia geminata (Bates, 1871) Asklepia grammechrysea Zamorano & Erwin, 2014 Asklepia hilaris (Bates, 1871) Asklepia kathleenae Erwin & Zamorano, 2014 Asklepia laetitia Zamorano & Erwin, 2014 Asklepia lebioides (Bates, 1871) Asklepia macrops Erwin & Zamorano, 2014 Asklepia marchantaria Erwin & Zamorano, 2014 Asklepia marituba Zamorano & Erwin, 2014 Asklepia matomena Zamorano & Erwin, 2014 Asklepia pakitza Erwin & Zamorano, 2014 Asklepia paraguayensis Zamorano & Erwin, 2014 Asklepia pulchripennis (Bates, 1871) Asklepia samiriaensis Zamorano & Erwin, 2014 Asklepia stalametlitos Zamorano & Erwin, 2014 Asklepia strandi Liebke, 1938 Asklepia surinamensis Zamorano & Erwin, 2014 Asklepia vigilante Erwin & Zamorano, 2014
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