Tribe Pterostichini - Woodland Ground Beetles

Classification · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Ground Beetle, likely tribe Pterostichini

Another Under-Bark Ground Beetle - Pterostichus

Darkling Beetle - Centronopus calcaratus? - Pterostichus

Ground beetle - Pterostichus pensylvanicus

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 Pterostichini (Woodland Ground Beetles)

Size

body length about 9-22 mm

Identification

Medium-sized to fairly large, dark, carabids. Distinctive in "having a crossed elytral epipleuron near the apex of the elytron." (1)

Range

represented throughout North America

Habitat

on the ground in woodlands and grasslands/meadows

Season

summer

Print References

Ciegler, p. 61 (1)

Internet References

pinned adult images of 17 species occurring in Canada (CBIF)

Tree of Life

Works Cited

1.	Ground Beetles and Wrinkled Bark Beetles of South Carolina By Janet Ciegler

Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 24 April, 2005 - 7:09am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Robin McLeod
Last updated 15 July, 2007 - 3:32pm

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