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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Harpalitae » Zuphiini » Zuphioides » Zuphioides americanum

Species Zuphioides americanum

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited
Ground Beetle - Zuphioides americanum Ground Beetle - Zuphioides americanum Zuphioides americanum Dejean - Zuphioides americanum Carabid ? - Zuphioides americanum Beetle with skinny neck and waist - Zuphioides americanum Zuphioides americanum Dejean - Zuphioides americanum Ground Beetle - Zuphioides americanum Zuphium americanum? - Zuphioides americanum
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 Zuphiini
Genus Zuphioides
Species americanum (Zuphioides americanum)
Explanation of Names
Zuphioides americanum (Dejean)
Orig. Comb: Zuphium americanum Dejean 1831
Range
e. US to AZ, OR (ON-FL to SD-AZ); isolated in w.OR - Map (1)(Malkin 1943)(2)
Life Cycle
mostly taken at UV lights in s. TX (3)
Remarks
Type Locality: Brownsville, Cameron Co., TX
Print References
Malkin B (1943) Zuphium americanum Dej. in Oregon. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 19: 52.
Works Cited
1.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
3.Beetle biodiversity response to vegetation restoration of mid-valley riparian woodland in the LRGV of southern Texas.
King, J.E. 2015. Unpublished master's thesis, Texas A&M University, College Station. viii + 218 pp.
Contributed by v belov on 6 May, 2011 - 7:23am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Peter Messer
Last updated 25 October, 2022 - 2:59pm

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