Genus Notiobia

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Works Cited

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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 Harpalini

Subtribe Anisodactylina

Genus Notiobia

Explanation of Names

Notiobia Perty 1830

Numbers

9 spp. (all in the subg. Anisotarsus) in our area, ~100 spp. in 3 subgenera worldwide; subg. Anisotarsus Chaudoir 1837 contains the total of 53 spp. confined to the Western Hemisphere and Australia(1)

Range

New World, Australia, and Africa; in our area, from se. Canada to FL-CA(1)

Habitat

Meso- to xerophilous: open deciduous woods, meadows, disturbed areas; adults spend the day under leaf litter, stones, logs.(2)

Remarks

Adults mostly macropterous, nocturnal, and may come to lights(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.

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