Guatemalteca

Guatemalteca is a genus of beetle in the family Carabidae.[2] As of 2017, its only described species is its type species, Guatemalteca virgen.[2] When Terry Erwin named the genus in 2004, he placed it in the tribe Lachnophorini;[1] in 2014 he and Laura S. Zamorano placed it in the subtribe Eucaerina.[3]

Guatemalteca
Digital photo-illustration of a G. virgen specimen from near La Virgen, Costa Rica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Guatemalteca
Erwin, 2004[1]
Type species
Guatemalteca virgen
Erwin, 2004

In 2014, Erwin and Zamorano wrote that there were two additional undescribed species in this genus represented in the NMNH collection.[3]

The genus's distribution includes cloud forests from Mexico to Peru,[1] including Costa Rica, Guatemala, French Guiana, Mexico, and Peru.[3]

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