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Pterostichus niger

Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae

Taxonomy
Carabus niger was named by Schaller (1783). It is extant.

It was recombined as Pterostichus niger by Green et al. (2006).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. planicollis
Entered
by M. Clapham on 2015-04-17; modified by M. Clapham on 2015-09-19

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1783Carabus niger Schaller p. 315
2006Pterostichus niger Green et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderAdephaga
familyCarabidae()
subfamilyHarpalinae()
tribePterostichini()
subtribePterostichina
genusPterostichus
speciesniger()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Pterostichus niger Schaller 1783
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available