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Genus Pericompsus

Bembidion? - Pericompsus ephippiatus tiny carabid - Pericompsus laetulus Pericompsus laetulus? - Pericompsus laetulus Pericompsus laetulus? - Pericompsus laetulus Pericompsus laetulus? - Pericompsus laetulus Pericompsus laetulus? - Pericompsus laetulus Pericompsus laetulus? - Pericompsus laetulus Pericompsus laetulus? - Pericompsus laetulus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Adephaga
Family Carabidae (Ground Beetles)
Subfamily Trechinae
Tribe Bembidiini
Subtribe Tachyina
Genus Pericompsus
Explanation of Names
Pericompsus LeConte 1852
Numbers
3 spp. (all in the nominate subgenus) in our area, ~70 spp. in 3 subgenera total(1)
Range
New World (2 subgenera, 60+ spp.) & Australia (one subg., 9 spp.); in our area, e. & sw. US(1)
Works Cited
1.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.