Poecilus is a genus of ground beetle native to the Afro-tropical region, the Palearctic (including Europe), the Near East, and North Africa. It contains the following species: \n* Poecilus abditus Lutshnik, 1934 \n* Poecilus advena Quensel, 1806 \n* Poecilus aegyptius (Tschitscherine, 1897) \n* Poecilus aeneolus (Chaudoir, 1868) \n* Poecilus aerarius (Coquerel, 1859) \n* Poecilus affinissimus (Ali, 1967) \n* Poecilus akinini Tschitscherine, 1887 \n* Poecilus alexandrae Tschitscherine, 1889 \n* Poecilus alutaceus (Tschitscherine, 1893) \n* Poecilus anatolicus (Chaudoir, 1850) \n* Poecilus anodon (Chaudoir, 1868) \n* Poecilus aralensis Glasunov, 1909 \n* Poecilus aztecus (Tschitscherine, 1897) \n* Poecilus baeticus Rambur, 1838 \n* Poecilus balassogloi (Tschitscherine, 1887) \n* Poecilus bat