Subgenus Gastrosticta

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

Loxandrus sp? - Pterostichus obesulus - male

Pterostichus (Gastrosticta) subacutus (Casey) - Pterostichus subacutus

9017460 carabid - Pterostichus ventralis

an interesting Pterostichus - Pterostichus - female

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 Pterostichitae

Tribe Pterostichini (Woodland Ground Beetles)

Genus Pterostichus

No Taxon Subgenus Gastrosticta

Explanation of Names

Gastrosticta Casey, 1918(1)

Numbers

10 species, eastern US(2)

Identification

Preliminary key provided in (1)

Works Cited

1.	Descriptions of new or poorly known species of Gastrosticta Casey, 1918 and Paraferonina Ball, 1965 Yves Bousquet. 1992. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 100:510-521.

2.	Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 23 November, 2011 - 10:48am
Additional contributions by Thrasher
Last updated 20 January, 2020 - 11:14pm

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