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Genus Aztecarpalus

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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 Aztecarpalus
Explanation of Names
Aztecarpalus Ball 1970
Numbers
a single species in our area, 9 total(1)
Range
e. Mexico to se. TX(1)
Print References
Ball G.E. (1970) The species of the Mexican genus Aztecarpalus new genus (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Harpalini). Coleopterists Bulletin 24(4): 97-123.
Ball G.E. (1976) Aztecarpalus Ball: New species from Oaxaca, Mexico, re-classification, and a reconstructed phylogeny of the hebescens group (Coleoptera: Carabini: Harpalini). Coleopterists Bulletin 30(1): 61-72.
Works Cited
1.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.