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Tanystoma maculicolle

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Species of beetle

Tanystoma maculicolle
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Tanystoma
Species: T. maculicolle
Binomial name
Tanystoma maculicolle
Dejean, 1828
Synonyms
  • Agonum maculicolle Dejean, 1828
  • Agonum angustior Casey 1920
  • Agonum guadelupense Casey, 1920

Tanystoma maculicolle is a species of beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in southern Oregon and much of California, where it has been described as "extremely common". Its common names include tule beetle, overflow bug, and grease bug. It is especially familiar in the agricultural areas of the Central Valley of California, where it sometimes invades homes.

References

  1. Bug Guide
  2. Liebherr, J. K. (1985). Revision of the platynine carabid genus Tanystoma Motschulsky (Coleoptera). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 93(4) 1182-1211.
Extant Coleoptera families
Suborder Archostemata
Suborder Adephaga
Extant families
Suborder Myxophaga
Suborder Polyphaga
Bostrichiformia
Bostrichoidea
Derodontoidea
Cucujiformia
Chrysomeloidea
Cleroidea
Coccinelloidea
Cucujoidea
Curculionoidea
(weevils)
Lymexyloidea
Tenebrionoidea
Elateriformia
Buprestoidea
Byrrhoidea
Dascilloidea
Elateroidea
Rhinorhipoidea
Scirtoidea
Scarabaeiformia
Scarabaeoidea
Staphyliniformia
Histeroidea
Hydrophiloidea
Staphylinoidea
List of subgroups of the order Coleoptera
Taxon identifiers
Tanystoma maculicolle


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