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Genus Lachnophorus

Lachnophorus elegantulus Mannerheim, 1843 - Lachnophorus elegantulus - female Carabid - Lachnophorus elegantulus Lachnophorus elegantulus Mannerheim - Lachnophorus elegantulus Bembidiini, or what? - Lachnophorus elegantulus Ground beetle - Lachnophorus elegantulus Lachnophorus elegantulus Cherokee Flat-J.1972.01 - Lachnophorus elegantulus Cherokee Flat-J.1972.01 - Lachnophorus elegantulus
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 Lachnophorini
Genus Lachnophorus
Explanation of Names
Lachnophorus Dejean 1831
Numbers
A single species in our area, ~35 spp. total(1)
Range
Neotropical group ranging into sw. US (to KS-OR)(1)
Habitat
gravel along streams; active during daytime(2)
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.