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Sphodrus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae

Taxonomy
Sphodrus was named by Clairville (1806). It is extant. It is the type genus of Sphodrini.

It was assigned to Carabiques by Dejean (1821); to Harpalinae by Cecconi (1892); and to Sphodrina by Bouchard et al. (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1806Sphodrus Clairville p. 84
1821Sphodrus Dejean p. 10
1892Sphodrus Cecconi
2011Sphodrus Bouchard et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderAdephaga
familyCarabidae()
subfamilyHarpalinae()
tribeSphodriniLaporte 1834
subtribeSphodrinaLaporte 1834
genusSphodrus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Sphodrus Clairville 1806
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available