Genus Laemostenus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Remarks · Works Cited

Beach carabid from San Francisco - Laemostenus complanatus - male

Beach carabid from San Francisco - Laemostenus complanatus

Could this be Harpalus sp? - Laemostenus complanatus

Platynus sp. ? - Laemostenus complanatus

Ground beetle? - 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)

Remarks

our only representative of the Old World subtribe Sphodrina Laporte 1834 that contains ~360 spp. total(1)

Works Cited

1.	Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.

Contributed by v belov on 19 April, 2010 - 11:25am
Last updated 19 September, 2024 - 9:54pm

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