Micratopus Casey, 1914
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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.626.10033 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2662D3EC-A47E-5B59-DE46-3A164C046242 |
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Micratopus Casey, 1914 |
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Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Carabidae
Genus Micratopus Casey, 1914 View in CoL
Type species.
Blemus aenescens (LeConte, 1848).
Diagnosis.
Mentum without foveae; labrum bilobed, covering mandibles; head with single pair of supraorbital setae; elytra truncate; terminal abdominal ventrite of both male and female with four long setae, the lateral pair sickle-shaped. ABL = 1.2-3.0 mm.
Distribution.
Often abundant at lights, this speciose and underdescribed genus is known from southern North America to northern South America and the Caribbean ( Erwin 1991, Erwin et al. 2002).
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