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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Harpalitae » Zuphiini » Zuphioides

Genus Zuphioides

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Print References · Works Cited
Zuphioides mexicanum Chaudoir - Zuphioides mexicanum Zuphioides mexicanum Chaudoir - Zuphioides mexicanum Zuphioides longicolle LeConte - Zuphioides longicolle Zuphioides longicolle LeConte - Zuphioides longicolle Zuphioides mexicanum Chaudoir - Zuphioides mexicanum Zuphioides americanum Dejean - Zuphioides americanum Ground Beetle - Zuphioides americanum unknown insect - Zuphioides
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 Zuphiini
Genus Zuphioides
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Genus Zuphium Latreille 1806 of the Western Hemisphere was changed to genus Zuphioides by Ball & Shpeley (2013) (1). Information starts with:
https://bugguide.net/node/view/2057174.
Explanation of Names
Zuphioides Ball & Shpeley, 2013
Numbers
6 spp. in our area, 23 spp. total(1)
Identification
Very narrow neck is unique among the Nearctic carabids
Range
Neotropical, mostly tropical; in our area, across the south, north to NJ-so.ON-SD + OR; Z. americanum is the only widespread sp.(1)
Print References
Ball, G.E. and D. Shpeley. 2013. Western Hemisphere Zuphiini: descriptions of Coarazuphium whiteheadi, new species, and Zuphioides, new genus, and classification of the genera (Coleoptera, Carabidae). ZooKeys 315: 17-54. (1)
Works Cited
1.Western Hemisphere Zuphiini: descriptions of Coarazuphium whiteheadi (new species), Zuphioides (new genus), and classification
Ball, G.E. and D. Shpeley. 2013. ZooKeys 315: 17-54 .
Contributed by v belov on 11 November, 2009 - 9:23am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, Peter Messer
Last updated 18 September, 2022 - 3:44pm

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