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Genus Calathus

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Calathus melanocephalus - Calathus - female Anisodactylus?? - Calathus Ground Beetle - Calathus Ground Beetle - Calathus Calathus ingratus Beetle? - Calathus Another carabid? - Calathus Vabalai - Calathus ruficollis
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Adephaga (Ground and Water Beetles)
Family Carabidae (Ground Beetles)
Subfamily Harpalinae
Tribe Platynini
Genus Calathus
Numbers
9 species in North America listed at nearctica.com, however, according to the Ball and Bousquet chapter in American Beetles (1), there are eleven species in Nearctic North America.
Identification
interior margins of tarsal claw pectinate (having comb-like projections), as shown in this photo
Range
represented throughout North America
Remarks
genus page creation based on identification of this image and (accompanying photos) by Pierre-Marc Brousseau and Boris Buche
Internet References
pinned adult images of C. gregarius and C. advena (Ground Beetles of Canada, CBIF)
pinned adult image of C. gregarius (Insects of Cedar Creek, U. of Minnesota)
distribution in Canada of 6 species listing provinces and territories for each species (Ground Beetles of Canada, CBIF)
classification in tribe Platynini (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County)
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia
By Arnett, R.H., Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.)
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 15 July, 2007 - 5:50pm
Additional contributions by kschnei
Last updated 13 September, 2009 - 8:35am

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