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Elaphropus
Genus
Elaphropus
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
)
Works Cited
1.
Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.
2.
Taxonomic review of New World Tachyina (Coleoptera, Carabidae): descriptions of new genera, subgenera, and species, with ...
Olivia F. Boyd, Terry L. Erwin. 2016. ZooKeys 626: 87-123.
Contributed by
tom murray
on 3 April, 2006 - 6:50pm
Additional contributions by
v belov
Last updated 17 August, 2017 - 6:56am