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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
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Ega
Genus
Ega
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
Lachnophorini
Genus
Ega
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
our spp. used to be treated in
Calybe
, which is currently considered purely neotropical
(
1
)
Explanation of Names
Ega
Laporte 1834
Numbers
2 spp. in our area (both in the subg.
Ega
), 25 spp. in 2 subgenera total
(
2
)
Range
Neotropical, with 2 spp. ranging north into so. US (to SC & CA)
(
2
)
Works Cited
1.
A synopsis of the tribe Lachnophorini, with a new genus of Neotropical distribution and a revision of the Neotropical genus...
Erwin T.L., Zamorano L.S. . 2014. ZooKeys 430: 1-108.
2.
Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.
Contributed by
Phillip Harpootlian
on 17 October, 2005 - 10:43am
Additional contributions by
Mike Quinn
,
v belov
,
Jon Quist
Last updated 5 March, 2024 - 5:31pm