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Tribe Pterostichini - Woodland Ground Beetles

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 Pterostichitae

Tribe Pterostichini (Woodland Ground Beetles)

Numbers

~250 species in 12 genera in our area(1); thousands of spp. worldwide

Identification

Medium-sized to fairly large, dark, carabids. Most species are diistinctive in "having a crossed elytral epipleuron near the apex of the elytron." (2)

Range

throughout NA and much of the world

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.	Ground Beetles and Wrinkled Bark Beetles of South Carolina Janet Ciegler. 2000. Clemson University.

Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 24 April, 2005 - 7:09am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Robin McLeod, v belov, Thrasher
Last updated 28 November, 2022 - 1:32pm

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