Genus Tetragonoderus

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

Coleoptera > Carabidae > Cyclosomini > Tetragonoderus pallidus? - Tetragonoderus pallidus

Tetragonoderus latipennis? - Tetragonoderus

Tetragonoderus intersectus? - Tetragonoderus intersectus

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 Cyclosomini

Genus Tetragonoderus

Explanation of Names

Tetragonoderus Dejean 1829

Numbers

5 spp. (of which one adventive) in our area, all in the subg. Crossonychus; ~75 spp. in 2 subgenera worldwide(1)

Range

mostly tropical regions of Eurasia and the New World, with a few spp. ranging into the Holarctic Region; in our area, 5 spp. are restricted to so. US and T. fasciatus reaching NY-so.ON-IA(2)

Habitat

riparian situations on sand(2)

Remarks

Hunt at night rather like tiger beetles; many come to light(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.

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