latiuscula group

Cymindis punctifera? - Cymindis punctifera

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 Lebiini

Genus Cymindis

No Taxon (Subgenus Pinacodera)

No Taxon latiuscula group

Numbers

3 spp. in our area, 9 total(1)

Identification

our 3 spp. are similar in gestalt and color (dorsum rufotestaceous to rufous). Sizes overlap considerably, but C. punctifera is smaller than C. apache (no overlap), and on average smaller than C. yaqui. Both C. apache & C. punctifera differ from C. yaqui in form of the elytral sutural angle (round in C. apache & punctifera, angulate in C. yaqui). Males genitals differ markedly.(1)

Range

mesoamerican group ranging into sw.US; ranges of our 3 spp. overlap extensively in sw.US and nw.México(1)

Works Cited

1.	The Western Hemisphere subgenus Pinacodera Schaum: Cymindis (Pinacodera) latiuscula subgroup (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Lebiini...) Hilchie G., Ball G.E. 2024. Dugesiana 31: 19‒74.

Contributed by v belov on 9 March, 2024 - 10:30pm
Last updated 7 May, 2025 - 9:41pm

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