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Genus Eucaerus

Eucaerus varicornis LeConte - Eucaerus varicornis Eucaerus varicornis Eucaerus varicornis Eucaerus varicornis unusual Carabid? - Eucaerus varicornis unusual Carabid? - Eucaerus varicornis Eucaerus varicornis Carabidae - Eucaerus varicornis
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 Lachnophorini
Genus Eucaerus
Explanation of Names
Eucaerus LeConte 1853
Numbers
A single species in our area, 14 spp. in 2 subgenera total(1)
Range
Neotropics to se. US(1)
Habitat
margins of sunlit marshes and dark swamp forest litter(2)
Works Cited
1.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.
2.American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia
Arnett, R.H., Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). 2000. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.