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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Trechinae » Trechitae » Trechini » Trechus » Subgenus Trechus (Trechus Subgenus Trechus) » quadristriatus group (Trechus quadristriatus group) » Trechus obtusus

Species Trechus obtusus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Remarks · Works Cited
Small beetle - Trechus obtusus Carabid - Trechus obtusus Carabid - Trechus obtusus Small ground beetle - Trechus obtusus Ground Beetle - Trechus obtusus Small red carabid - Trechus obtusus T. ovipennis - Trechus obtusus T. ovipennis - Trechus obtusus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Adephaga
Family Carabidae (Ground Beetles)
Subfamily Trechinae
Supertribe Trechitae
Tribe Trechini
Genus Trechus
No Taxon (Subgenus Trechus)
No Taxon (quadristriatus group)
Species obtusus (Trechus obtusus)
Explanation of Names
Trechus obtusus Erichson 1837
Size
3.5-4.5 mm(1)
Identification
adult habitus(1)
Range
native to Europe, adventive in Western NA (BC-CA to ID-n.UT)(2) and Eastern NA (VA, NC)(3)
Remarks
earliest record in our area: WA 1925(2)
Works Cited
1.Benisch C. (2007-) kerbtier.de – Beetle fauna of Germany
2.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.
3.First records fo the Palearctic species Trechus obtusus Erichson from the Appalachian region of the Southeastern United States
Curt W. Harden, Michael S. Caterino, Thomas E. Malabad. 2022. The Coleopterists Bulletin 76(1): 61–69.
Contributed by Tim Loh on 4 December, 2009 - 1:33am
Additional contributions by v belov, Thrasher
Last updated 4 January, 2023 - 6:59pm

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