Genus Colliuris - Long-necked Ground Beetles

Classification · Numbers · Range · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Long-necked Ground Beetle - Colliuris pensylvanica

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Adephaga (Ground and Water Beetles)

Family Carabidae (Ground Beetles)

Subfamily Harpalinae

Tribe Odacanthini

Genus Colliuris (Long-necked Ground Beetles)

Numbers

Nearctica.com lists five species and Arnett says three (1)

Range

C. pensylvanica is widespread in east, and apparently, much of North America. The similar C. ludoviciana is found in the eastern United States (coastal plain?), see Beetles of Florida.

Print References

Arnett, p. 393 (1)

Ciegler, p. 117, keys Colliuris ludoviciana and Colliuris pensylvanica (2).

Internet References

Image from Cedar Creek.

Beetles of Florida--gives ranges of two species

Works Cited

1.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico By Ross H. Arnett

2.	Ground Beetles and Wrinkled Bark Beetles of South Carolina By Janet Ciegler

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 23 January, 2005 - 9:44pm
Additional contributions by cotinis
Last updated 14 January, 2006 - 1:54pm

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