Miscodera

Miscodera arctica is a species of beetles in the family Carabidae, the only species in the genus Miscodera.^[1] It is circumpolar in distribution, predominantly northern,^[2] with outliers in New Hampshire and Maine ^[3] in the continental U.S. 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 alternatively placed in the subfamily Trechinae.

Miscodera
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Carabidae
Subfamily:	Broscinae
Tribe:	Broscini
Subtribe:	Broscina
Genus:	Miscodera Eschscholtz, 1830
Species:	M. arctica
Binomial name
Miscodera arctica (Paykull, 1798)

References

1. "Miscodera Eschscholtz, 1830". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
2. Lindroth, Carl H., 1961: The Ground-Beetles (Carabidae, excl. Cicindelinae) of Canada and Alaska, Part 2. Opuscula Entomologica, Supplementum 20, p. 171
3. Dearborn, R. G., R. E. Nelson, C. Donahue, R. T. Bell, and R. P. Webster, 2014: The Ground-Beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) Fauna of Maine, U.S.A. Coleopterists Bulletin, vol. 68, no. 3, p. 441-599.