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Genus Nemotarsus

Nemotarsus rhombifer Bates - Nemotarsus rhombifer Beetle - Nemotarsus elegans Carabidae - Nemotarsus elegans Colorful, If Common, Beetle - Nemotarsus elegans Nemotarsus elegans Nemotarsus elegans Nemotarsus elegans Nemotarsus rhombifer from far south Texas - Nemotarsus rhombifer
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
Genus Nemotarsus
Explanation of Names
Author of genus is LeConte, 1853.
Numbers
9 species total, 2 in our area(1)
Habitat
Amazonian spp. live in canopy and subcanopy of tropical forests (2)
Remarks
Evidently, adults are nocturnal and are requently taken at lights (2)
See Also
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.