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Genus Ophonus

Ophonus puncticeps Carabid - Ophonus puncticeps Ophonus puncticeps Ophonus rufibarbis - female Ground beetle on Queen Anne's Lace - Ophonus puncticeps Ground beetle on Queen Anne's Lace - Ophonus puncticeps Ophonus puncticeps 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.