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Genus Coptodera

Ground Beetle - Coptodera aerata Lebia? - Coptodera nitidula Lebia? - Coptodera nitidula Lebia? - Coptodera nitidula Coptodera nitidula (Buquet, 1834) - Coptodera nitidula Pennsylvania Beetle  - Coptodera aerata Pennsylvania Beetle  - Coptodera aerata Lebia? - Coptodera
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 Pericalina
Genus Coptodera
Explanation of Names
Coptodera Dejean 1825
Greek 'chopped neck'(1) (refers to the short, truncate pronotum)
Numbers
5 spp. in 3 species-groups (all in the nominate subgenus) in our area, >100 spp. in 4 subgenera worldwide(2)
Range
in our area, so. US north to NJ-PA in the east and to KS in the west(2)
Habitat
adults on tree trunks (under bark during the day)(2)
Works Cited
1.Composition of scientific words
Brown R.W. 1956. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC. 882 pp.
2.American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia
Arnett, R.H., Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). 2000. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.