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Genus Laemostenus

Carabid beetle - Laemostenus complanatus Ground Beetle - Laemostenus complanatus Platynus sp. ?  - Laemostenus complanatus Platynus sp. ?  - Laemostenus complanatus Platynus sp. ?  - Laemostenus complanatus Laemostenus complanatus Modesto-J.1966.01 - Laemostenus complanatus Modesto-J.1966.01 - Laemostenus complanatus
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 Sphodrini
Genus Laemostenus
Explanation of Names
Laemostenus Bonelli 1810
Numbers
2 non-native synanthropic spp. in our area, ~200 total(1)
Identification
images of the two adventive spp., L. terricola and L. complanatus
Range
Palearctic genus; in our area, L. terricola is known across the Atlantic Canada + BC; L. complanatus, along the Pacific (BC-CA)(1)
Works Cited
1.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.