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Pterostichus (Steropus)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae

Taxonomy
Steropus was named by Dejean (1821). It is extant.

It was reranked as Pterostichus (Steropus) by Lomnicki (1894).

It was assigned to Carabiques by Dejean (1821); and to Pterostichus by Lomnicki (1894).

Subtaxa
Pterostichus (Steropus) aethiops
Species lacking formal opinion data
Pterostichus planicollis

Synonyms
  • Steroderus was named by Motschulsky (1850). It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Pterostichus (Steropus) by Clapham (2023).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1821Steropus Dejean p. 13
1894Pterostichus (Steropus) Lomnicki p. 32

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderAdephaga
familyCarabidae()
subfamilyHarpalinae()
tribePterostichini()
subtribePterostichina
genusPterostichus
subgenusSteropus()

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.

Subg. Pterostichus (Steropus) Dejean 1821
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Invalid names: Pterostichus (Steroderus) Motschulsky 1850 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available