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Suborder Adephaga

BG2428 E6912 - Notiobia terminata - male Ground Beetle - Clivina americana Harpalinae, dorsal - Lebia viridipennis Cicindela pulchra pulchra - Cicindela pulchra Cicindela limbalis - male Pterostichus sp? - Pterostichus - male 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.