Pheropsophus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Adephaga
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Adephaga

Familia: Carabidae
Subfamilia: Brachininae
Tribus: Brachinini
Subtribus: Pheropsophina
Genus: Pheropsophus

Subgenera: P. (Aptinomorphus) – P. (Pheropsophus) – P. (Stenaptinus)

Overview of species: P. abbreviatus – P. abyssinicus – P. acutecostatus – P. adrianae – P. aequinoctialis – P. africanus – P. agnatus – P. akhaensis – P. alexandrae – P. amnicola – P. andrewesi – P. androyanus – P. angolensis – P. aptinoides – P. aptinomorphus – P. arabicus – P. arcanus – P. assimilis – P. azoulayi – P. baehri – P. baliothorax – P. balkei – P. basiguttatus – P. beauvoisi – P. beckeri – P. bequaerti – P. bidoupensis – P. bimaculatus – P. bipartitus – P. biplagiatus – P. bisulcatus – P. bohemani – P. borkuanus – P. brussinoi – P. canis – P. capensis – P. capitatus – P. cardoni – P. catoirei – P. catulus – P. chaudoiri – P. chinensis – P. cincticollis – P. cinctus – P. claudiae – P. congoensis – P. consularis – P. darwini – P. debauvii – P. delmastroi – P. devagiriensis – P. dilatatus – P. dimidiatus – P. discicollis – P. dissolutus – P. dongnaiensis – P. dregei – P. dux – P. ecuadorensis – P. emarginatus – P. erjanii – P. exiguus – P. fastigiatus – P. fimbriatus – P. fulminans – P. fumigatus – P. galloi – P. gironieri – P. glabricollis – P. globulicollis – P. gracilis – P. gregoryi – P. guanxiensis – P. guineensis – P. halteri – P. hassenteufeli – P. heathi – P. hilaris – P. hispanicus – P. hubenthali – P. humeralis – P. impressicollis – P. indicus – P. infantulus – P. iranicus – P. jakli – P. jandai – P. javanus – P. jessoensis – P. jurinei – P. kabelkai – P. kalyakini – P. katangensis – P. kersteni – P. kolbei – P. krichna – P. lafertei – P. langenhani – P. laticostis – P. lineifrons – P. lissoderus – P. livingstoni – P. longipennis – P. lumawigi – P. maculicollis – P. madagascariensis – P. malaisei – P. marginatus – P. marginicollis – P. marginipennis – P. mashunus – P. minahassae – P. minor – P. montanus – P. nanodes – P. nebulosus – P. nepalensis – P. ngoclinhensis – P. nigerrimus – P. nigricollis – P. nigriventris – P. nyasae – P. obiensis – P. obliquatus – P. obliteratus – P. occipitalis – P. pallidepunctatus – P. palmarum – P. parallelus – P. pauliani – P. pedes – P. perroti – P. picicollis – P. planti – P. platycephalus – P. prophylax – P. raffrayi – P. recticollis – P. reductus – P. riedeli – P. rivierii – P. rolex – P. rufimembris – P. sangirensis – P. scythropus – P. senegalensis – P. siamensis – P. similis – P. sobrinus – P. sonae – P. stenoderus – P. stenopterus – P. straneoi – P. sumatrensis – P. suensoni – P. taclobanensis – P. talaudensis – P. tamdaoensis – P. transvaalensis – P. tripustulatus – P. tristis – P. ubomboensis – P. uelensis – P. uniformis – P. verticalis – P. windjanae – P. wolfi – P. yunnanensis

Name

Pheropsophus Solier, 1833: 461

Synonyms

Aptinomorphus Jeannel, 1949
Parapheropsophus Hubenthal, 1914
Pheropsophidius Hubenthal, 1911
Protopheropsophus Hubenthal, 1911
Stenaptinus Maindron, 1906

References

Primary references

Solier, A.J.J. 1833. Observations sur les deux genres Brachinus et Aptinus, du species de M. le Comte Dejean; et description d'une nouvelle espèce de Gyrinus. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 2: 459–463. BHL Reference page.
Lassalle, B. & Schnell, R. 2019. Nouvelles espèces des genres Pheropsophus et Lesticus des Philippines (Coleoptera, Caraboidea). Faunitaxys 7(20): 1–5. Reference page.

Additional references

Frank, J.H., Erwin, T.L. & Hemenway, R.C. 2009. Economically beneficial ground beetles. The specialized predators Pheropsophus aequinoctialis (L.) and Stenaptinus jessoensis (Morawitz): their laboratory behavior and descriptions of immature stages (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Brachininae). ZooKeys 14: 1–36. Abstract PDF
Venugopal, A.S. & Thomas, S.K. 2019. Bombardier beetles of the genus Pheropsophus Solier 1833 (Carabidae: Brachininae: Brachinini) from Indian subcontinent. Zootaxa 4608(1): 65–89. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4608.1.3 Reference page.

Links

Pheropsophus – Taxon details on Biological Library (BioLib).
Pheropsophus – Taxon details on Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Pheropsophus Solier, 1833 Taxon details on Fauna Europaea