Subgenus Trechus

Classification · Numbers · Range · Works Cited

Trechus obtusus Erichson - Trechus obtusus

Ground Beetle (subgenus Trechus) - Trechus

Trechus schwarzi saludae - Trechus schwarzi - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Adephaga

Family Carabidae (Ground Beetles)

Subfamily Trechinae

Supertribe Trechitae

Tribe Trechini

Genus Trechus

No Taxon Subgenus Trechus

Numbers

23 spp. (of which 3 adventive) in our area, almost 800 spp. worldwide; our spp. are arranged into 5 species-groups of which two are non-native(1)

Range

much of the world but 94% of spp. are Palaearctic; in our area, half of native spp. are eastern (mostly Appalachian) and half, western; 4 range into Canada in the west and one in the east(1)

Works Cited

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

Contributed by v belov on 11 December, 2012 - 9:18am
Last updated 4 March, 2013 - 12:02pm

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