Pseudophorticus
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Carabidae
Name
Pseudophorticus Erwin, 2004 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Pseudophorticus Erwin, 2004:7
Type species
Pseudophorticus puncticollis Erwin, 2004:8
Way of life
Size range – 4.7 mm to 6.2 mm; these small beetles occur on the ground in rainforests; they are diurnal and run in clearings and on trails in open spots. Nothing is known about their way of life.
Distribution
Costa Rica south to Perú and southeastern Brazil.
Notes
Currently, one described species is assigned to this genus. Many undescribed species are represented in collections, misidentified as either Euphorticus or Lachnophorus; the genus is in need of a taxonomic revision. In order to do such a revision, one would need to study all the primary types of both Euphorticus and Lachnophorus to discover their correct generic assignments.
References
Erwin (1991)[1] as incertae sedis; Erwin (2004)[2]; Bousquet (2012)[3]; Erwin et al. (2012)[4].
Taxon Treatment
- Erwin, T; Zamorano, L; 2014: A synopsis of the tribe Lachnophorini, with a new genus of Neotropical distribution and a revision of the Neotropical genus Asklepia Liebke, 1938 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Carabidae) ZooKeys, 430: 1-108. doi
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Other References
- ↑ Erwin T (1991) Natural history of the carabid beetles at the BIOLAT Rio Manu Biological Station, Pakitza, Perú. Revista Peruana de Entomología 33: 1–85.
- ↑ Erwin T (2004) The Beetle Family Carabidae of Costa Rica and Panamá: Descriptions of four new genera and six new species with notes on their way of life (Insecta: Coleoptera). Zootaxa 537: 1–18.
- ↑ Bousquet Y (2012) Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico (in three parts). ZooKeys 245: 1–1722. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.245.3416
- ↑ Erwin T, Micheli C, Hevel G (2012) The Beetle Family Carabidae of Guyane (French Guyana): The Tribes, Genera, and number of species known, with notes on their ways of life. (Insecta: Coleoptera: Adephaga). Le Coléoptériste 5: 1–88. [ACOREP, Paris]
