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Genus Dicaelus - Notched-mouth Ground Beetles

D. teter - Dicaelus teter which Dicaelus? - Dicaelus Dicaelus dilatatus? - Dicaelus dilatatus Dicaelus ambiguus Dicaelus purpuratus in hand, specimen #2 - Dicaelus purpuratus Unknown Beetle; Pterostichus? - Dicaelus dilatatus Dicaelus  - Dicaelus
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 Licinini
Subtribe Dicaelina
Genus Dicaelus (Notched-mouth Ground Beetles)
Explanation of Names
Dicaelus Bonelli 1813
'with two cavities'
Numbers
16 spp. in 3 subgenera, all in our area(1)
Size
11‒27 mm(2)
Identification
pronotum with basal lobes extending over elytra
Range
so. Canada to Mexico(1)
Habitat
Woodlands, esp. deciduous. Usually under rocks, logs.
Food
snails
Works Cited
1.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.
2.The Beetles of Northeastern North America, Vol. 1 and 2.
Downie, N.M., and R.H. Arnett. 1996. The Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, FL.