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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Harpalitae » Ctenodactylini » Leptotrachelus

Genus Leptotrachelus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Works Cited
Leptotrachelus dorsalis Apparently carnivorous beetle - Leptotrachelus dorsalis Beetle sp.? - Leptotrachelus dorsalis beetle - Leptotrachelus dorsalis Leptotrachelus dorsalis Carabidae Ctenodactylini ? - Leptotrachelus dorsalis Leptotrachelus dorsalis (Fabricius 1801) - Leptotrachelus dorsalis Leptotrachelus dorsalis? - Leptotrachelus dorsalis
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 Ctenodactylini
Genus Leptotrachelus
Explanation of Names
Leptotrachelus Latreille 1829
Greek leptos 'thin, fine' + trachelos 'neck'
Numbers
2-3 spp. in our area, 34 total(1)
Identification
Adult: pronotum narrow, longer than wide, at apex as wide as posterior part of head; tarsomere 4 deeply notched at apex, bilobed; abdominal terga completely covered(2)
Range
Neotropical genus ranging north to NY-ON-SD; in our area, L. dorsalis widespread in the east and L. pallidulus is known from scattered localities in TN, LA, TX(1)
Works Cited
1.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.
2.The ground beetles of Florida (Coleoptera: Carabidae) including tiger beetles, tribe Cicindelini, by P.M. Choate
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 3 July, 2006 - 9:54pm
Additional contributions by v belov, Thrasher
Last updated 27 November, 2022 - 1:23pm

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