Genus Nemotarsus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Habitat · Remarks · See Also · Works Cited

Nemotarsus rhombifer Bates - Nemotarsus rhombifer

Colorful, If Common, Beetle - Nemotarsus elegans

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 Lebiini

Genus Nemotarsus

Explanation of Names

Author of genus is LeConte, 1853.

Numbers

9 species total, 2 in our area(1)

Habitat

Amazonian spp. live in canopy and subcanopy of tropical forests (2)

Remarks

Evidently, adults are nocturnal and are requently taken at lights (2)

See Also

Lebia

Works Cited

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

2.	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 Cotinis on 29 October, 2006 - 7:04am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Thrasher
Last updated 16 December, 2019 - 10:13pm

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