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Species Pterostichus hypogeus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Adephaga (Ground and Water Beetles)

Family Carabidae (Ground Beetles)

Subfamily Harpalinae

Supertribe Pterostichitae

Tribe Pterostichini (Woodland Ground Beetles)

Genus Pterostichus

No Taxon (Subgenus Cylindrocharis)

Species hypogeus (Pterostichus hypogeus)

Explanation of Names

Pterostichus hypogeus Barr, 1971.

Named for the hypogean habitat the type series was collected from: underneath large embedded rocks and rotten logs.(1)

Identification

(1)

Range

NC(1)

Works Cited

1.	The North American Pterostichus of the Subgenus Cylindrocharis Casey (Coleoptera, Carabidae) Thomas C. Barr, Jr. 1971. American Museum of Natural History.

Contributed by Curt Harden on 14 February, 2017 - 4:59pm

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