Eucamaragnathus

Eucamaragnathus is a genus of ground beetles in the subfamily Hiletinae.[1]

Eucamaragnathus
Eucamaragnathus batesii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Carabidae
Subfamily:
Hiletinae
Genus:
Eucamaragnathus

Jeannel, 1937[1]
Species

See text

Distribution and habitat

The 15 different species of Eucamaragnathus live on various continents. E. amapa, E. batesi, E. brasiliensis, and E. jaws live in South America.[2] Five other species live throughout India and Southeast Asia, in the Indomalayan realm, while the remaining 6 species live throughout Africa, mostly in the tropics.[3][4]

The species of Eucamaragnathus mostly live in the soils within forests, usually tropical or deciduous. They can also be found in savannas.[4]

Classification

Eucamaragnathus contains 15 species.[2] However, due to the fact that the species Eucamaragnathus desenderi was only recently discovered,[5] many sources still claim that the genus only contains 14 species.[4]

The following diagram shows how all of the species in the genus are related to one another. This diagram does not include E. desenderi.[6]

 
 
 
 

Eucamaragnathus oxygonus (Chaudoir, 1861)

 
 

Eucamaragnathus fissipennis (Ancey, 1882)

 
 
 

Eucamaragnathus castelnaui (Bocande, 1849)

 
 
 
 
 

Eucamaragnathus suberbiei (Alluaud, 1914)

 
 
 

Eucamaragnathus bocandei (Alluaud, 1914)

 
 
 
 

Eucamaragnathus borneensis Erwin & Stork, 1985

 
 
 

Eucamaragnathus aterrimus (Jeannel, 1938)

 
 
 
 

Eucamaragnathus spiniger (Andrewes, 1947)

 
 

Eucamaragnathus angulicollis (Jeannel, 1938)

 
 
 

Eucamaragnathus sumatrensis (Oberthur, 1883)

 
 
 
 
 
 

Eucamaragnathus amapa Erwin & Stork, 1985

 
 
 

Eucamaragnathus brasiliensis (Negre, 1966)

 
 
 

Eucamaragnathus batesii (Chaudoir, 1861)

 
 

Eucamaragnathus jaws Erwin & Stork, 1985

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

References
  1. "Eucamaragnathus". ITIS. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  2. Bouchard, Patrice (2014). The Book of Beetles: A Life-Size Guide to Six Hundred of Nature's Gems. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226082899. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  3. Bosquet, Yves (2012). "Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera: Adephaga) of America, North of Mexico". PMC 3577090. Retrieved 3 April 2018. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. Leschen, Richard A.B.; Beutel, Rolf G. (2016). Coleoptera, Beetles. Morphology and Systematics (2 ed.). Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. p. 176. ISBN 3110373920. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  5. Assmann, T.; Drees, C.; Matern, A.; Schuldt, A. (2011). "Eucamaragnathus desenderi, a new ground beetle species from Africa (Coleoptera, Carabidae)". ZooKeys. 100 (100): 37–46. doi:10.3897/zookeys.100.1521. PMC 3131010. PMID 21738406.
  6. Maddison, David R. "Eucamaragnathus". TREE OF LIFE. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
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