Eucamaragnathus is a genus of ground beetles in the Hiletinae subfamily.[1]
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| Genus: | Eucamaragnathus Jeannel, 1937[1]
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Distribution and habitat
editThe 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
editEucamaragnathus 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]
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References
edit- ^ a b "Eucamaragnathus". ITIS. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Bosquet, Yves (2012). "Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera: Adephaga) of America, North of Mexico". ZooKeys (245): 1–1722. doi:10.3897/zookeys.245.3416. PMC 3577090. PMID 23431087. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
- ^ a b c Leschen, Richard A.B.; Beutel, Rolf G. (2016). Coleoptera, Beetles. Morphology and Systematics (2 ed.). Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. p. 176. ISBN 978-3110373929. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
- ^ Assmann, T.; Drees, C.; Matern, A.; Schuldt, A. (2011). "Eucamaragnathus desenderi, a new ground beetle species from Africa (Coleoptera, Carabidae)". ZooKeys (100): 37–46. doi:10.3897/zookeys.100.1521. PMC 3131010. PMID 21738406.
- ^ Maddison, David R. "Eucamaragnathus". TREE OF LIFE. Retrieved 11 April 2018.