Epikastea

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Adephaga

Familia: Carabidae
Subfamilia: Harpalinae
Supertribus: Lebiitae
Tribus: Lebiini
Subtribus: Agrina
Genus: Epikastea

Species: E. biolat – E. grace – E. limonae – E. mancocapac – E. piranha – E. poguei
Name

Epikastea Liebke, 1936

Type species: Epikastea limonae Liebke 1936 (original designation & monotypy)

References
Primary references

Liebke, M. 1936. Neue Carabiden aus Costa Rica (Col.). Revista de Entomología 6(1): 125–128. Reference page. : 125
Erwin, T.L. 2004. The beetle family Carabidae of Costa Rica: the genus Epikastea Liebke of the Plochonida Group, with new Neotropical species and notes on their way of life (Insecta: Coleoptera, Lebiini, Agrina). Zootaxa 790: 1–20. PDF DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.158726

Links

Epikastea – Taxon details on Biological Library (BioLib).
Epikastea – Taxon details on Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Epikastea is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:[1]

Epikastea biolat Erwin, 2004
Epikastea grace Erwin, 2004
Epikastea limonae Liebke, 1936
Epikastea mancocapac Erwin, 2004
Epikastea piranha Erwin, 2004
Epikastea poguei Erwin, 2004

References

"Epikastea Liebke, 1936NTR". Carabidae of the World. 2011. Retrieved 6 Jul 2011.