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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Carabinae » Cychrini » Scaphinotus » subgenus Brennus (Scaphinotus subgenus Brennus)

subgenus Brennus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Works Cited
ground beetle - Scaphinotus Scaphinotus marginatus - female what species is this one? - Scaphinotus Scaphinotus Armored tank needs ID - Scaphinotus Scaphinotus Scaphinotus found under wood - Scaphinotus Scaphinotus punctatus - Scaphinotus striatopunctatus - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Adephaga
Family Carabidae (Ground Beetles)
Subfamily Carabinae
Tribe Cychrini
Genus Scaphinotus
No Taxon subgenus Brennus
Explanation of Names
Brennus Motschulsky 1865
Numbers
14 spp., all in our area(1)
Size
10‒25 mm(2)
Identification
key to spp. in (2)
Range
mountain forests & adjacent lowlands (1 sp. in tundra) of the Pacific Coast from the Aleutian Is. to so.CA(3)
Habitat
mostly forests and ravines in mountain ranges, under logs and rocks almost year round(2)
Season
adults of some spp. found into January
Works Cited
1.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.
2.A revision of the ground beetles belonging to Scaphinotus, subgenus Brennus (Coleoptera, Carabidae)
Gidaspow T. 1968. Bulletin of the AMNH 140: 137‒192.
3.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 15 May, 2011 - 2:10am
Additional contributions by Jon Quist
Last updated 28 May, 2024 - 6:09am

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