Ega (beetle)

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

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

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

1. "Browse Ega". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-03.
2. "Ega". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-03.
3. "Ega Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-03.
4. "Ega Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-03.
5. "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 (88). Pensoft Publishers: 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

• Media related to Ega at Wikimedia Commons