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Genus Stenomorphus

Which Stenomorphus in AZ? - Stenomorphus sinaloae

Stenomorphus californicus (Ménétries) - Stenomorphus californicus - male

Stenomorphus californicus rufipes - Stenomorphus californicus - female

Stenomorphus convexior? - Stenomorphus convexior

Stenomorphus californicus rufipes subspecies of - Stenomorphus californicus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Adephaga (Ground and Water Beetles)

Family Carabidae (Ground Beetles)

Subfamily Harpalinae

Supertribe Harpalitae

Tribe Harpalini

Subtribe Harpalina

Genus Stenomorphus

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Stenomorpha is a genus in the Tenebrionidae

Explanation of Names

Stenomorphus Dejean 1831

Greek 'slender-shaped'(1)

Numbers

3 spp. in our area, 6 total(1)

Identification

key to spp. in(2)

Range

so. US to S. America; in our area, S. californicum is widespread (AL-NE-TX), the other two spp. restricted to so. AZ & NM(1)

Remarks

Adults nocturnal, come to lights(3)

Works Cited

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

2.	The New World genus Stenomorphus Dejean (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Harpalini)... Ball G.E., Shpeley D., Currie D.C. 1991. The Canadian Entomologist 123: 933-988.

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.

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 20 December, 2005 - 10:38pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Peter Messer, v belov
Last updated 25 September, 2013 - 9:57am

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