Genus Tecnophilus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited

Tecnophilus pilatei Chaudoir - Tecnophilus pilatei

Calleidina, a first for me - Tecnophilus croceicollis

Carabidae sp. - Tecnophilus croceicollis

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 Calleidina

Genus Tecnophilus

Explanation of Names

Tecnophilus Chaudoir 1877

Numbers

2 spp. in the genus, both in our area(1)

Range

one sp. widely western (OR‒CA to AB‒TX), another restricted to the Gulf Coast of TX(1)

Works Cited

1.	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.

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 5 November, 2010 - 3:28pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 26 December, 2023 - 12:21pm

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