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Genus Zuphioides

Ground Beetle - Zuphioides americanum Ground Beetle - Zuphioides americanum Zuphioides americanum Dejean - Zuphioides americanum Carabid ? - Zuphioides americanum Light brown ground beetle - Zuphioides Zuphioides longicolle LeConte - Zuphioides longicolle Ground Beetle - Zuphioides americanum orange beetle - Zuphioides americanum
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 Zuphiini
Genus Zuphioides
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Genus Zuphium Latreille 1806 of the Western Hemisphere was changed to genus Zuphioides by Ball & Shpeley (2013) (1). Information starts with:
Explanation of Names
Zuphioides Ball & Shpeley, 2013
Numbers
6 spp. in our area, 23 spp. total(1)
Identification
Very narrow neck is unique among the Nearctic carabids
Range
Neotropical, mostly tropical; in our area, across the south, north to NJ-so.ON-SD + OR; Z. americanum is the only widespread sp.(1)
Print References
Ball, G.E. and D. Shpeley. 2013. Western Hemisphere Zuphiini: descriptions of Coarazuphium whiteheadi, new species, and Zuphioides, new genus, and classification of the genera (Coleoptera, Carabidae). ZooKeys 315: 17-54. (1)