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Species Oxycrepis sculptilis

Oxycrepis sculptilis (Bates) - Oxycrepis sculptilis 0919C07 - Oxycrepis sculptilis - male 0919C07 - Oxycrepis sculptilis - male
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 Pterostichitae
Tribe Abacetini
Genus Oxycrepis
No Taxon (incertae sedis)
Species sculptilis (Oxycrepis sculptilis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Oxycrepis sculptilis (Bates)
Orig. Comb: Loxandrus sculptilis Bates 1884
Identification
a relatively rare Texas species distinguished from other Oxycrepis by dull elytra (m/s isodiametric), pair of mentum pits, and small body size.
… Peter W. Messer, 22 March, 2021
Range
southmost TX (Hidalgo & Cameron Cos.) to Panama - Map (1)(2)
Print References
Bates, H.W. (1884) Biologia Centrali-Americana: Insecta. Coleoptera. Volume I, Part 1, Tab. 13, Fig. 14.