Suborder Adephaga

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Works Cited

BG2428 E6912 - Notiobia terminata - male

Cicindela pulchra pulchra - Cicindela pulchra

Parvindela lemniscata? - Parvindela lemniscata

Laccophilus fasciatus terminalis? - Laccophilus fasciatus - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Adephaga

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

informal names Geadephaga and Hydradephaga are used to refer to terrestrial (Trachypachidae, Carabidae, Rhysodidae) and aquatic members of this suborder, respectively

Numbers

11 extant families worldwide, 8 in our area(1)(2)

Works Cited

1.	Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta) Bouchard P, Bousquet Y, Davies A, Alonso-Zarazaga M, Lawrence JF, Lyal CH, Newton A, Reid CA, Schmitt M, Ślipiński SA, Smith A. 2011. ZooKeys 88: 1–972.

2.	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 Cotinis on 9 January, 2006 - 9:06am
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian, Bbarnd, v belov
Last updated 3 August, 2023 - 1:40pm

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