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Genus Morion

Ground Beetle - Morion monilicornis Ground Beetle - Morion monilicornis Morion sp. - Morion monilicornis Ground Beetle? - Morion monilicornis Black beetle with nice mandibles - Morion monilicornis Black beetle with nice mandibles - Morion monilicornis Morion monilicornis Very narrow - Morion aridus
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 Pterostichitae
Tribe Morionini
Genus Morion
Explanation of Names
Morion Latreille 1810
Numbers
2 spp. in our area, 40 total(1)
Range
temperate to tropical areas around the world, most diverse in the tropics, esp. Australia; in our area, M. monilicornis in e. US, M. aridus restricted to AZ(1)
Habitat
usually in rotten logs and under loose bark
Works Cited
1.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.