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Genus Tanystoma

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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 Platynini
Genus Tanystoma
Numbers
5 spp. north of Mexico(1)
Identification
Revision in (2) and key in (3).
Range
precinctive Nearctic genus, OR to Baja California(1)
Habitat
mainly in open grassland(1)
Works Cited
1.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.
2.Revision of the Platynine Carabid Genus Tanystoma Motschulsky (Coleoptera)
James K. Liebherr. 1985. New York Entomological Society.
3.Tanystoma diabolica New Species (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Platynini) from Baja California and Its Biogeographic Significance
James K. Liebherr. 1989. New York Entomological Society.