Genus Pseudamara

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Remarks · Works Cited

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 Zabrini (Seed-Eating Ground Beetles)

Genus Pseudamara

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

used to be treated in Zabrini

Explanation of Names

Pseudamara Lindroth 1968

Numbers

monotypic genus(1)

Range

e. NA(1)

Remarks

Gomez et al. (2016)(2) present molecular and morphological evidence that this genus belongs in Zabrini, rather than Sphodrini.

Works Cited

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

2.	Are Miquihuana rhadiniformis Barr, 1982 and Pseudamara arenaria (LeConte, 1847) (Coleoptera, Carabidae) sphodrines? [...] R. Antonio Gomez, Kipling W. Will, and David R. Maddison. 2016. Entomologische Blatter und Coleoptera 112(1): 149–168.

Contributed by v belov on 5 November, 2013 - 9:32am
Additional contributions by Thrasher
Last updated 21 August, 2022 - 11:27am

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