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Species Calleida punctata

Beetle but which one? - Calleida punctata

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Adephaga

Family Carabidae (Ground Beetles)

Subfamily Harpalinae

Supertribe Harpalitae

Tribe Lebiini

Subtribe Calleidina

Genus Calleida

No Taxon (subgenus Calleida)

Species punctata (Calleida punctata)

Explanation of Names

Calleida punctata LeConte 1846

Size

7.0-8.5 mm(1)

Identification

key to separate the similarly colored C. punctata and C. decora

Range

e. NA, except se US (QC-SC to MB-KS) - Map (1)(2)(3)

Habitat

on ground or low vegetation

Works Cited

1.	Beetles of Eastern North America Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.

2.	Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.

3.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 25 February, 2005 - 10:10pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Peter Messer, v belov
Last updated 11 May, 2022 - 5:04am

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