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Subgenus Pinacodera

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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 Lebiini
Genus Cymindis
No Taxon Subgenus Pinacodera
Explanation of Names
Pinacodera Schaum 1857
'flat-neck'
Numbers
13 spp. of 2 species-groups in our area, 24 described total (+many undescribed)(1)(2)
Identification
limbata species group revised in (3)
Range
NA (temperate to tropical regions); in our area, all but 2 spp. are mostly confined to the south, while C. limbata & C. platicollis are widespread in the east (both range into Canada)(1)
Works Cited
1.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.
2.The Western Hemisphere subgenus Pinacodera Schaum: Cymindis (Pinacodera) latiuscula subgroup (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Lebiini...)
Hilchie G., Ball G.E. 2024. Dugesiana 31: 19‒74.
3.A taxonomic revision of the Cymindis (Pinacodera) limbata species group (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Lebiini)...
Hunting W.M. 2013. ZooKeys 259: 1–73.
Contributed by v belov on 27 November, 2010 - 9:05pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 10 March, 2024 - 12:38am

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