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Species Mochtherus tetraspilotus

Ground Beetle - Mochtherus tetraspilotus

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 Lebiini

Subtribe Pericalina

Genus Mochtherus

Species tetraspilotus (Mochtherus tetraspilotus)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Mochtherus tetraspilotus (MacLeay, 1825)

Size

6-8 mm

Range

Adventive in FL and apparently spreading

Known from Japan, Formosa, Philippines, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Malaya, IndoChina, Thailand, Burma, Ceylon, India, across the Malay Archipelago, New Guinea, as well as Christmas Is. and Samoa.

Print References

P.M. Choate (2001) An Asian Ground Beetle, Mochtherus tetraspilotus (MacLeay), in Florida (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Lebiini). Fla. Dept. Agri. & Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry. Entomology Circular No. 404, 2 pp.

Internet References

University of Florida

U. Florida

Contributed by v belov on 11 September, 2010 - 3:59pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Peter Messer
Last updated 27 May, 2015 - 7:36pm

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