Lachnophorus Dejean, 1831

Erwin, Terry L. & Zamorano, Laura S., 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, pp. 1-108 : 15-17

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.430.8094

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:86F76056-3B8B-49FB-9C86-FAD0DB0CBE8C

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/648B8EF4-6E91-EBA2-6B77-1A7C86D4EA4C

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scientific name

Lachnophorus Dejean, 1831
status

 

Lachnophorus Dejean, 1831 Down-bearing beetles Figs 15 View Figure 15–18 , 27 View Figures 23–28

Lachnophorus Dejean, 1831:28

Stigmaphorus Motschulsky, 1862:48

Aretaonus Liebke, 1936:461

Type species.

Lachnophorus pilosus Dejean, 1831:29

Way of life.

Size range - 4.0 mm to 6.3 mm; these small beetles are found on bare sandy stream banks in shady forests, or on sand in sunny areas along rivers. Their coloration pattern makes them appear like ants, and movements are ant-like, but they do not necessarily occur with ants. They catch small arthropod prey on the run much like tiger beetles.

Distribution.

Southern United States south to Uruguay, including the larger Caribbean islands.

Notes.

Currently, 42 described species are assigned to this genus. A taxonomic revision of the genus is needed. Identification is very difficult without recourse to types.

References.

Liebherr (1988); Erwin (1991); Ball and Bousquet (2000); Bousquet (2012); Erwin et al. (2012).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Carabidae

Loc

Lachnophorus Dejean, 1831

Erwin, Terry L. & Zamorano, Laura S. 2014
2014
Loc

Aretaonus

Liebke 1936
1936
Loc

Stigmaphorus

Motschoulsky 1855
1855
Loc

Lachnophorus

Dejean 1831
1831