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Genus Dicheirotrichus

carabid - Dicheirotrichus cognatus Another brown beetle - Dicheirotrichus cognatus Dicheirotrichus mannerheimii Carabid - Dicheirotrichus cognatus Ground Beetle - Dicheirotrichus cognatus Dicheirotrichus cognatus Dicheirotrichus cognatus Carabid sheltering in Verbascum thapsus rosette - Dicheirotrichus cognatus - female
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 Harpalini
Subtribe Stenolophina
Genus Dicheirotrichus
Explanation of Names
Dicheirotrichus Jacquelin du Val 1855
Numbers
2 spp. in 2 subgenera in our area, 46 spp. in 5 subgenera total(1)
Identification
Separated from other harpaline genera by having one seta (bristle) near each hind angle of pronotum vs none in other genera. The distinct pubescence on sides and posterior end of elytra is another important clue.
Range
Palaearctic group, with 2 holarctic circumpolar spp. in NA(1)
Works Cited
1.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.