Genus Ophonus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Remarks · Works Cited

Ground beetle - Ophonus puncticeps - male

reddish ground beetle - Ophonus puncticeps

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 Harpalina

Genus Ophonus

Explanation of Names

Ophonus Dejean 1821

Numbers

2 spp. (both adventive) in our area, ~70 spp. in 6 subgenera total(1)

Range

Palaearctic genus; in our area, se. Canada & ne. US (NS-ON to NJ-IA)(1)

Remarks

both our spp. are members of the subgenus Metophonus Bedel 1897(1)

Works Cited

1.	Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 23 August, 2005 - 6:50pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 2 December, 2014 - 12:52pm

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