Ega (beetle)

Ega is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are about 17 described species in Ega.[1][2][3][4]

Ega

Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Carabidae
Genus:	Ega Laporte de Castelnau, 1835

Species

These 17 species belong to the genus Ega:

Ega aequatoria Chaudoir, 1850^{c g}
Ega amazonica Chaudoir, 1872^{c g}
Ega anthicoides (Solier, 1836)^{c g}
Ega argentina (Brèthes, 1916)^{c g}
Ega biloba Bates, 1871^{c g}
Ega brasiliensis Motschulsky, 1864^{c g}
Ega delicatula (Motschulsky, 1864)^{c g}
Ega formicaria Laporte, 1834^{c g}
Ega fuscoaenea Motschulsky, 1864^{c g}
Ega laetula LeConte, 1851^{c g}
Ega longiceps (Schaum, 1863)^{c g}
Ega montevidensis (Tremoleras, 1917)^{c g}
Ega nodicollis Bates, 1871^{c g}
Ega obliqua Chaudoir, 1872^{c g}
Ega sallei Chevrolet^{c g b}
Ega sulcipennis Chaudoir, 1872^{c g}
Ega tenuicollis (Dejean, 1831)^{c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS,[5] c = Catalogue of Life,[1] g = GBIF,[2] b = Bugguide.net[3]

References

"Browse Ega". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-03.
"Ega". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-03.
"Ega Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-03.
"Ega Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-03.
"ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System". Retrieved 2018-04-03.

Further reading

Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C., eds. (2000). American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849319259.
Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys. Pensoft Publishers (88): 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.
Bousquet, Yves (2010). Illustrated Identification Guide to Adults and Larvae of Northeastern North American Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Pensoft Publishers.
LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
Riley, K.; Browne, R. (2011). "Changes in ground beetle diversity and community composition in age structured forests (Coleoptera, Carabidae)". ZooKeys (147): 601–621. doi:10.3897/zookeys.147.2102. PMC 3286241. PMID 22371677.
White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.

External links

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