Genus Perigona

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Works Cited

tiny black-headed carabid - Perigona nigriceps

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 Perigonini

Genus Perigona

Explanation of Names

Perigona Laporte 1835

Numbers

2 species in our area (one native and one adventive; both in the subg. Trechicus LeConte 1853), >100 spp. in 12 subgenera worldwide(1)

Size

our spp. 2.0-2.6 mm(2)

Range

primarily tropical group, most diverse in the Old World; in our area, the native P. pallipennis widespread in the east (e. US + so.ON), the adventive P. nigriceps widespread in the east and in OR-CA(1)

Works Cited

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

2.	Illustrated Identification Guide to Adults and Larvae of Northeastern North American Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) Yves Bousquet. 2010. Pensoft Publishers.

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 2 October, 2005 - 1:23pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, v belov
Last updated 8 January, 2015 - 6:45pm

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