Genus Poecilus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Range · Works Cited

Portrait of a Ground Beetle - Poecilus lucublandus

ground beetle - Poecilus lucublandus - female

dark-legged green with dark, comb-like mandibles - Poecilus lucublandus

Pterostichini - Woodland Ground Beetle - Poecilus

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)

Genus Poecilus

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Used to be considered a subgenus of Pterostichus.

Numbers

13 Nearctic spp. (ca. 130 in total).(1)

Range

Holarctic genus; widely distributed north of Mexico.(1)

Works Cited

1.	American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia By Arnett, R.H., Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.)

Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 6 July, 2005 - 12:35pm
Additional contributions by Peter Messer, v belov
Last updated 9 November, 2009 - 12:56am

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