Kingdom Animalia Suborder Adephaga Species M. arctica Rank Genus | Class Insecta Family Carabidae Phylum Arthropoda Order Beetle | |
Subfamily Broscinae (but see text) Similar Beetle, Blethisa, Patrobus, Broscus, Dyschirius | ||
Miscodera arctica is a species of beetles in the family Carabidae, the only species in the genus Miscodera.
Its relationships have been long disputed. Here it is placed in subfamily Broscinae. While it certainly belongs to the more advanced ground beetles, it was alteratively placed in subfamily Trechinae.
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