Tribe Licinini

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Food · Print References · Works Cited

Woodland Ground Beetle - Dicaelus politus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Adephaga (Ground and Water Beetles)

Family Carabidae (Ground Beetles)

Subfamily Harpalinae

Tribe Licinini

Other Common Names

Notch-mouthed Ground Beetles (1)

Explanation of Names

Tip of labrum deeply grooved (1)

Numbers

3 genera in 2 subtribes (2)

Range

None taken north of about 57 degrees North.

Food

A number of taxa are known to be molluscivorous, and this is thought to be a general characteristic of the tribe (Ball 1992)

Print References

Ball, G.E. 1992. The tribe Licinini (Coleoptera: Carabidae): a review of the genus-groups and of the species of selected genera. J. New York Entomol. Soc. 100(2): 325-380.

Works Cited

1.	Peterson Field Guides: Beetles By Richard E. White

2.	American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia By Arnett, R.H., Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.)

Contributed by Cotinis on 13 January, 2006 - 9:55am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 24 November, 2009 - 3:37pm

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