Genus Calleida

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Works Cited

Calleida decora (Fabricius) - Calleida decora

Calleida planulata LeConte - Calleida planulata

Small Carabidae, beautifully colored! - Calleida decora

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Adephaga

Family Carabidae (Ground Beetles)

Subfamily Harpalinae

Supertribe Harpalitae

Tribe Lebiini

Subtribe Calleidina

Genus Calleida

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Philophuga used to be treated as a subgenus

Explanation of Names

Calleida Latreille 1824

Numbers

11 spp. (all in the nominate subgenus) in our area, ~280 in 3 subgenera worldwide(1)

Size

7-10 mm

Range

primarily in tropical areas of the Neotropical, Oriental, and Afrotropical Regions (>95% of the world fauna) with a few elements ranging into Holarctic; in our area, most of the US & adjacent Canada: 4 spp. widespread across e. & so. US (two of them range into Canada), the rest have more or less restricted ranges in the extreme so./sw. US(1)

Works Cited

1.	Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.

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