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Suborder Adephaga

Representative Images

Notched-mouth Ground Beetle - Dicaelus elongatus Cicindela scutellaris scutellaris - Cicindela scutellaris - male Walmart Carabid - Agonum placidum Pterostichinae? - Amara 9083426 50 Carabid - Harpalus pensylvanicus Pseudomorpha? - Pseudomorpha Calleida decora? - Calleida decora Calleida viridis - Philophuga viridis

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Adephaga

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

informal names Geadephaga and Hydradephaga are used to refer to terrestrial (Trachypachidae, Carabidae, Rhysodidae) and aquatic members of this suborder, respectively

Numbers

11 extant families worldwide, 8 in our area(1)(2)

Works Cited

1.Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)
Bouchard P, Bousquet Y, Davies A, Alonso-Zarazaga M, Lawrence JF, Lyal CH, Newton A, Reid CA, Schmitt M, Ślipiński SA, Smith A. 2011. ZooKeys 88: 1–972.
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.		BERJAYA
Contributed by Cotinis on 9 January, 2006 - 9:06am
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian, Bbarnd, v belov
Last updated 3 August, 2023 - 1:40pm

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