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Genus Stenolophus - Seedcorn Beetles

LeConte's Seedcorn Beetle - Stenolophus lecontei

Stenolophus ochropezus ? - Stenolophus ochropezus

March-J.2002.23 - Stenolophus ochropezus

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 Harpalini

Subtribe Stenolophina

Genus Stenolophus (Seedcorn Beetles)

Explanation of Names

Stenolophus Dejean 1821

Numbers

22 spp. in 2 subgenera in our area, ~170 spp. in 3 subgenera total(1)

Size

Most spp. 5-8 mm

Range

worldwide, most diverse in the Holarctic(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.

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 8 March, 2005 - 10:15am
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 8 March, 2018 - 5:33pm

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