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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Harpalitae » Harpalini » Anisodactylina » Anisodactylus

Genus Anisodactylus

Classification · Pronunciation · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Works Cited
Black beetle - Anisodactylus harrisii Soil Carabid - Anisodactylus Beetle - Anisodactylus dulcicollis - female Anisodactylus haplomus - male Passalidae? - Anisodactylus sanctaecrucis CARABIDAE Euryderus grosus? Ground beetle - Anisodactylus Unknown Carabid - Anisodactylus black beetle on street in Sundale Neighborhood morning of 2021 Aug 15 - Anisodactylus
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 Harpalini
Subtribe Anisodactylina
Genus Anisodactylus
Pronunciation
According to The Century Dictionary, Anisodactylus is pronounced a-nī-sō-DAK-ti-lus. [PWM note]
Explanation of Names
Anisodactylus Dejean 1829
Numbers
33 spp. (incl. one adventive) in 6 subgenera in our area, ~50 spp. in 9 subgenera total(1)
Identification
best separated from Harpalus by having the mentum and submentum partially (usually over the lateral lobes) or entirely fused and spongy adhesive setae underneath some of the pro- and mesotarsomeres of the males(2)
Range
Holarctic(1)
Works Cited
1.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.
2.Illustrated Identification Guide to Adults and Larvae of Northeastern North American Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
Yves Bousquet. 2010. Pensoft Publishers.

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