Genus Agonum

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Identification · Range · Habitat · Works Cited

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 Platynini

Genus Agonum

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

classification used in the Guide follows(1)

Numbers

72 spp. in our area(2), >250 worldwide(3), arranged in 4 subgenera, all represented in NA(1)

Identification

Key to NA species in Liebherr (1994) (2)

Range

holarctic

Habitat

with some exceptions, near water

Works Cited

1.	Phylogeny and biogeography of the Laurasian genus Agonum Bonelli (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Platynini) J.K. Liebherr, J. Schmidt. 2004. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 51(2): 151-206.

2.	Identification of New World Agonum, review of the Mexican fauna, and description of Incagonum, new genus, from South America Liebherr J.K. 1994. J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. 102: 1-55.

3.	American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia Arnett, R.H., Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). 2000. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.

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