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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Harpalitae » Harpalini » Harpalina » Selenophorus » subgenus Selenophorus (Selenophorus subgenus Selenophorus) » Selenophorus opalinus

Species Selenophorus opalinus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
Selenophorus opalinus (LeConte) - Selenophorus opalinus - female Carabid with striae punctures - Selenophorus opalinus 21aug2011-btl1 - Selenophorus opalinus Selenophorus opalinus Harpalinae - Selenophorus opalinus black with a hint of blue ground beetle - Selenophorus opalinus Harpalinae - Selenophorus opalinus Red Mouth Black Ground Beetle - Lateral Dorsal - Selenophorus opalinus
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 Harpalini
Subtribe Harpalina
Genus Selenophorus
No Taxon (subgenus Selenophorus)
Species opalinus (Selenophorus opalinus)
Explanation of Names
Selenophorus opalinus (LeConte 1863)
Size
Large: 9.5-10.7 mm(1)(2); rarely ~9 mm
Identification
Relatively large size and shiny iridescent elytra with series of tiny punctures in striae 3, 5, & 7. NB: an undescribed species discovered recently in se TX superficially appears like a small (8-8.5 mm) S. opalinus.
Range
e. NA (NB-MB to FL-TX) / Bahamas (2)
Habitat
leaf litter in lowland hardwood forests, under rocks under forest canopy or along forest margins at low altitudes(1)
Remarks
Type locality: Carolina
Internet References
Type - MCZ, Harvard
Species page(1) (common lowland sp.)
Works Cited
1.Coleoptera species pages developed for the GSMNP project
2.A review of Nearctic Selenophorus [Carabidae] north of Mexico with new species, new synonyms, range extensions, and a key
Messer, P.W. & B.T. Raber. 2021. The Coleopterists Bulletin 75 (1): 9-55.
Contributed by tom murray on 1 October, 2008 - 5:56pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Peter Messer, v belov
Last updated 12 August, 2023 - 7:45pm

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