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

Species Selenophorus ellipticus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Remarks · See Also · Works Cited
Selenophorus ellipticus Dejean - Selenophorus ellipticus - male Carabid 8 - Selenophorus ellipticus Selenophorus ellipticus Dejean - Selenophorus ellipticus Selenophorus ellipticus Dejean - Selenophorus ellipticus Selenophorus ellipticus Dejean - Selenophorus ellipticus
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 Celiamorphus)
Species ellipticus (Selenophorus ellipticus)
Explanation of Names
Selenophorus ellipticus Dejean, 1829
Identification
Species grossly distinguished in part by dull black dorsum (slightly shinier in male), not brassy like other small Selenophorus.
Range
e US, Ont. (NM-FL-ME-MI) / n. Mex. - Map (1)(2), 2 NM records based on spmns at OSU(3)
Remarks
Type Locality: restricted to Atlantic City, Atlantic Co., New Jersey
See Also
among other differences, S. ellipticus is statistically larger than the similar S. granarius. (B. Raber, pers. comm. to MAQ, 2019)
Works Cited
1.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.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
3.C.A. Triplehorn Insect Collection (OSUC)

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