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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Pterostichitae » Woodland Ground Beetles (Pterostichini)

Tribe Pterostichini - Woodland Ground Beetles

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Pterostichitae » Woodland Ground Beetles (Pterostichini) » Pterostichus » Subgenus Gastrosticta (Pterostichus Subgenus Gastrosticta) » Pterostichus punctiventris

Notes on Pterostichus punctiventris (Chaudoir) (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in Arkansas, with a New State Record

By F.B.Hamilton, M.J.Skvarla, D.M.Fisher, A.P.G.Dowling
The Coleopterists Bulletin, 70(2):309-313, 2016

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Contributed by Iustin Cret on 10 September, 2018 - 5:08pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Pterostichitae » Woodland Ground Beetles (Pterostichini) » Pterostichus » subgenus Paraferonia (Pterostichus subgenus Paraferonia) » Pterostichus lubricus

On the Occurrence of Several Species of Pterostichine Ground Beetles in Virginia (Carabidae: Pterostichini)

By Richard L. Hoffman
Banisteria No. 12, 1998

Virginia distribution data, habitat preferences, behavioral notes, and more:

Gastrellarius blanchardi
Pterostichus acutipes
Pterostichus lubricus (first published illustrations of the species)
Pterostichus patruelis
Pterostichus pensylvanicus
Pterostichus adstrictus (removed from state list)

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Contributed by Curt Harden on 12 January, 2016 - 7:04pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Pterostichitae » Woodland Ground Beetles (Pterostichini) » Pterostichus » Subgenus Anilloferonia (Pterostichus Subgenus Anilloferonia)

Pterostichus (Anilloferonia) diana LaBonte (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Pterostichini), a replacement name for P. lanei ...

By J.R. LaBonte
Zootaxa 3682(4): 563-571, 2013

Full title: Pterostichus (Anilloferonia) diana LaBonte (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Pterostichini), a replacement name for P. (A.) lanei (Hatch, 1935), and validity and rediscription of P. (A.) malkini (Hatch, 1953).

Excellent illustrations showing the distinguishing characters of the three species of Anilloferonia.

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Contributed by Curt Harden on 20 March, 2021 - 9:31am

Review of the Nearctic species of the Holarctic subgenus Argutor (Coleoptera: Carabidae)

By Y. Bousquet, R. Webster
The Canadian Entomologist 136: 645-660, 2004

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Contributed by v belov on 2 May, 2011 - 4:19pm

On Some Carabidae, Including New Species, from the Mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee.

By P. J. Darlington Jr.
Psyche, 1931

Includes: notes on several Cychrines endemic to the southern Appalachians, key to the species of Gastrellarius, key to the species of Pterostichus in the subgenus Monoferonia.

Species described:
+Scaphinotus (Maronetus) unistriatus
+Sphaeroderus 'multicarinatus'
+Nebria appalachia
+Gastrellarius unicarum
+Pterostichus primus
+Pterostichus carolinus carolinus
+Pterostichus carolinus fumorum

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Contributed by Curt Harden on 31 January, 2016 - 7:44pm

On Some Carabidae, Including New Species, from the Mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee.

By P. J. Darlington Jr.
Psyche, 1931

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Contributed by Curt Harden on 31 January, 2016 - 7:43pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Pterostichitae » Woodland Ground Beetles (Pterostichini) » Pterostichus » Subgenus Cylindrocharis (Pterostichus Subgenus Cylindrocharis)

The North American Pterostichus of the Subgenus Cylindrocharis Casey (Coleoptera, Carabidae)

By Thomas C. Barr, Jr
American Museum of Natural History, 1971

PDF here of this great paper.
Note- Since this publication, P. acutipes kentuckyensis has been found in Soutwest Virginia as well as Kentucky.(source)

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Contributed by Curt Harden on 21 February, 2015 - 2:46pm

Descriptions of new or poorly known species of Gastrosticta Casey, 1918 and Paraferonina Ball, 1965

By Yves Bousquet
Journal of the New York Entomological Society 100:510-521, 1992

Two new species of Gastrosticta are described. The subgenus is characterized and rediscriptions are provided for P. obesulus, P. punctiventris, and P. ophryoderus. A key to all species in the subgenus is provided.
One new species in the subgenus Pseudoferonina is described.

I have a PDF of this I can share if anyone needs it.

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Contributed by Curt Harden on 20 January, 2020 - 11:11pm

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