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Genus Diplous

Ground beetle - Diplous californicus Ground beetle - Diplous californicus Woodland Ground Beetle  - Diplous rugicollis Weird ground beetle - Diplous californicus - male Weird ground beetle - Diplous californicus - male Ground beetle under rocks alongside river - Diplous aterrimus Ground beetle under rocks alongside river - Diplous aterrimus Diplous filicornis  - Diplous filicornis - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Adephaga
Family Carabidae (Ground Beetles)
Subfamily Patrobinae
Tribe Patrobini
Genus Diplous
Explanation of Names
Diplous Motschulsky 1850
Numbers
4 spp. in our area (all in the subg. Platidius Chaudoir 1872), 23 spp. total(1)
Range
holarctic, mostly in Asia; in NA, D. rugicollis in the northest, the other spp. western (mostly montane)(1)
Remarks
our only representative of the subtribe Deltomerina Chaudoir 1872 thjat contains ~115 spp in 9 genera and is most diverse in the mountains of Asia(1)
Works Cited
1.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.