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Genus Helluomorphoides - Flat-horned Ground Beetles

Helluomorphoides ferrugineus (LeConte) - Helluomorphoides ferrugineus Helluomorphoides? - Helluomorphoides Beetle for ID - Helluomorphoides praeustus big red blister beetle - Helluomorphoides Helluomorphoides ferrugineus Subgenus Tarulus (Cymindis Subgenus Tarulus). ? - Helluomorphoides Helluomorphoides? - Helluomorphoides Helluomorphoides? - Helluomorphoides
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 Helluonini (Flat-horned Ground Beetles)
Genus Helluomorphoides (Flat-horned Ground Beetles)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
revised in (1)
Explanation of Names
Helluomorphoides Ball 1951
From genus Helluo Bonelli in which these species were originally placed. That from Latin helluo 'glutton'
Numbers
7 spp. in our area, 23 total(2)
Size
9‒21 mm
Identification
Medium to large, rather setose; antennae flattened towards the apex (unique to Helluonini); elytra often short, do not cover abdomen
Range
e. & s.US to Argentina(2)
Food
some spp. prey on army ants(3)
Remarks
come to lights(3)
Works Cited
1.Revision of North American species of genus Helluomorphoides
Ball G. 1956. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 59: 67-91.
2.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.
3.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.