Species Euphorticus pubescens

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Habitat · Season · Remarks · Works Cited

Euphorticus pubescens? - Euphorticus pubescens

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 Lachnophorini

Genus Euphorticus

Species pubescens (Euphorticus pubescens)

Explanation of Names

Euphorticus pubescens (Dejean 1831)

Range

e. & so. US (OH-IL to FL-AZ) to S. America; W. Indies(1)

Habitat

margins of small ponds; adults running on the ground in the sunlight(2)

Season

Jan-Nov(3)

Remarks

Capable of flight; strong burrower(3)

Works Cited

1.	Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.

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.

3.	A natural history of the ground-beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) of America north of Mexico. Larochelle and Larivière. 2003. Pensoft Publishers, Bulgaria. 584 pp.

Contributed by v belov on 11 March, 2011 - 1:18pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Thrasher
Last updated 9 September, 2021 - 3:11pm

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