Guyanemorpha

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Adephaga

Familia: Carabidae
Subfamilia: Harpalinae
Tribus: Pseudomorphini
Genus: Guyanemorpha
Species (1): G. spectabilis
Name

Guyanemorpha Erwin, 2013: 14
Gender:
Original status: valid genus
Type species: Guyanemorpha spectabilis Erwin, 2013
Fixation: original designation [See p. 14] [and monotypy]
ZooBank: 66A2E5B7-0831-4E1E-8AD2-ECE683F0AD8D

References

Erwin, T.L. 2013: Beetles that live with ants (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Pseudomorphini): A remarkable new genus and species from Guyane (French Guiana), Guyanemorpha spectabilis gen. n., sp. n. ZooKeys, 358: 11–23. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.358.6298 Reference page. [See p. 14]

Guyanemorpha is a genus of beetles, the Guyane False-form beetles, in the family Carabidae. It contains one known species, the Spectacular Guyane False-form beetle, (Guyanemorpha spectabilis), which was found in French Guiana and first described in 2013 by Terry L. Erwin in the open access journal ZooKeys.[1][2] It was discovered during a survey of the country's insects by the Entomological Society Antilles-Guyane (SEAG).[1]

Little is known about the species' behaviour, other than that it lives in lowland rainforest.[2] Related species cohabit with ants, and it is thought likely that G. spectabilis will do so also.[2]

The holotype is currently held in trust at the National Museum of Natural History, part of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, until the planned Natural History Museum of Guyane is established, and at that time, the specimen will be transferred there.[1]
References

Erwin, Terry (2013). "Beetles that live with ants (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Pseudomorphini): A remarkable new genus and species from Guyane (French Guiana), Guyanemorpha spectabilis gen. n., sp. n." ZooKeys (358): 11–23. doi:10.3897/zookeys.358.6298. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 3867177. PMID 24363582.
"Beetles that live with ants: A remarkably large and colorful new species from Guyane". Phys.org. 2013-12-03. Retrieved 4 December 2013.