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Supertribe Pterostichitae

9016328 (Euferonia coracina? - Pterostichus Pterostichus, possibly undescribed sp. - Pterostichus - male Amara Pterostichus ? - Amara Chlaenius tricolor? - Chlaenius aestivus Chlaenius tricolor? - Chlaenius tricolor Pterostichus? - Pterostichus stygicus Pterostichus melanarius - female
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 Pterostichitae
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
treated as a tribe (Pterostichiti) within Harpalinae in (1)
Numbers
in our area, >480 spp. in 26 genera of 7 tribes; worldwide, ~6,400 spp. in 24 tribes(2)
Range
worldwide(2)
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.
2.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.