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Species Calleida decora

TX 8mm Green, Orange & Black Beetle - Calleida decora

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 decora (Calleida decora)

Explanation of Names

Calleida decora (Fabricius 1801)

Size

7–9 mm

Identification

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

Range

US (VA‒FL to SD‒AZ) to Nicaragua; Bahamas(1)

Print References

McWhorter RE, Grant JF, Shepard M. (1984) Life history of a predator, Calleida decora, and the influence of temperature on development. J. Agric. Entomol. 1: 68‒77.

Works Cited

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

Contributed by v belov on 21 April, 2009 - 9:33am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Peter Messer
Last updated 13 January, 2024 - 6:52pm

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