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Species Nemotarsus rhombifer

Nemotarsus rhombifer Bates - Nemotarsus rhombifer Nemotarsus rhombifer Bates - Nemotarsus rhombifer Nemotarsus rhombifer Bates - Nemotarsus rhombifer Nemotarsus rhombifer from far south Texas - Nemotarsus rhombifer
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 Nemotarsus
Species rhombifer (Nemotarsus rhombifer)
Explanation of Names
Nemotarsus rhombifer Bates 1883
rhombifer = 'wearing a rhombus'
Size
~4.5 mm(1)
Range
TX (north to at least Brazos Co. =v=) to Guatemala - Map (1)(2)(3)
Remarks
Texas considers this a Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN) (4); fairly common at lights and in Lindgren funnel traps at Laguna Atascosa NWR(5)
Print References
Bates, H.W. Insecta. Coleoptera. 1(1): 153-255, pls. vi-xii, In: GODMAN, F.D. & SALVIN, O. [eds.]: Biologia Centrali-Americana. -. viii + 316 pp., 13 pls. (London: TAYLOR & FRANCIS).