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Subfamily Broscinae

Zacotus matthewsii Zacotus matthewsii? - Zacotus matthewsii - male Broscus cephalotes (Linnaeus) - Broscus cephalotes Zacotus matthewsii Broscodera insignis - male Zacotus matthewsii Zacotus mathewsii - Zacotus matthewsii Zacotus_matthewsii - Zacotus matthewsii
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Adephaga
Family Carabidae (Ground Beetles)
Subfamily Broscinae
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
formerly treated as a tribe of Trechinae in(1)
Numbers
4 spp. in 4 genera in our area (all in the tribe Broscini); >260 spp. in 31 genera worldwide(1)
Range
temperate areas worldwide; in our area, western (south to n. CA & WY) and boreal(1)
Works Cited
1.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 v belov on 9 October, 2010 - 11:13am

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