Species Oxypselaphus pusillus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Season · Works Cited

moss ground beetle - Oxypselaphus pusillus

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 Platynini

Genus Oxypselaphus

Species pusillus (Oxypselaphus pusillus)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Agonum puncticeps, Anchus puncticeps

Explanation of Names

Oxypselaphus pusillus (LeConte 1854)

Size

5.3‒6.8 mm(1)

Range

transcontinental (BC‒NB to OR‒ne.KS‒nw.SC)(2)

Habitat

wet places: edges of marshes/swamps/ponds, beaver houses, forested river edges, usually on organic-rich muddy/clayish soils(1)

Season

spring breeder(1)

Works Cited

1.	Illustrated Identification Guide to Adults and Larvae of Northeastern North American Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) Yves Bousquet. 2010. Pensoft Publishers.

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

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