Genus Poecilus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited

Woodland Ground Beetle - Poecilus lucublandus

Ground Beetle - Poecilus lucublandus - female

beetle on trail in Coyote Hills Park CA 2023 May 29 - Poecilus

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)

Genus Poecilus

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

formerly treated as part of Pterostichus

Explanation of Names

Poecilus Bonelli 1810

Numbers

13 spp. in 2 subgenera in our area (all but one in the nominate subgenus), ~140 spp. in 7 subgenera total(1)

Range

Holarctic genus, by far more diverse in Eurasia; in our area, P. lucublandus is transcontinental, P. chalcites is widespread in the east, and the rest are western, of which P. scitulus ranges east to MB-TX(1)

Works Cited

1.	Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.

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