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Genus Elaphropus

small carabid - Elaphropus anceps small carabid - Elaphropus parvulus carabid - Elaphropus capax Tiny Beetle - Elaphropus xanthopus 923C50 - Elaphropus nebulosus Elaphropus (Barytachys) tripunctatus - Elaphropus tripunctatus - female Elaphropus xanthopus Elaphropus anceps
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Adephaga
Family Carabidae (Ground Beetles)
Subfamily Trechinae
Tribe Bembidiini
Subtribe Tachyina
Genus Elaphropus
Explanation of Names
Elaphropus Motschulsky 1839
Numbers
~30 spp. in 2 subgenera in our area (all but one adventive sp. are in the subg. Barytachys), ~350 spp. in ~10 subgenera worldwide(1)(2)
Range
worldwide; throughout the US and so. Canada(1)