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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada

Tribe Ctenodactylini

Carabidae - Leptotrachelus - Leptotrachelus Leptotrachelus dorsalis? - Leptotrachelus dorsalis Carabid? - Leptotrachelus dorsalis beetle - Leptotrachelus dorsalis Long, brown and black beetle - Leptotrachelus dorsalis Leptotrachelus dorsalis (Fabricius 1801) - Leptotrachelus dorsalis Silvanidae? - Leptotrachelus depressus overwintering Leptotrachelus dorsalis? - Leptotrachelus dorsalis
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 Ctenodactylini
Numbers
4 spp. of a single genus in our area, 115 spp. in 18 genera total(1)
Range
Neotropical tribe, with one genus ranging into e. US(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.