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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Harpalitae » Platynini » Agonum » Subgenus Olisares (Agonum Subgenus Olisares) » extensicolle group (Agonum extensicolle group) » Agonum extensicolle

Species Agonum extensicolle

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Internet References · Works Cited
Ground Beetle - Agonum extensicolle Agonum extensicolle Agonum extensicolle Beetle - Agonum extensicolle Metallic Green - Agonum extensicolle Carabidae, Possibly Lebia sp. - Agonum extensicolle Agonum - Agonum extensicolle Agonum? Maybe A. extensicolle? - Agonum extensicolle
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 Agonum
No Taxon (Subgenus Olisares)
No Taxon (extensicolle group)
Species extensicolle (Agonum extensicolle)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Agonum extensicolle (Say, 1823)

Synonyms:
Anchomenus extensicollis Say, 1823
Anchomenus obscuratus Chaudoir, 1843
Anchomenus lecontei LeConte, 1844
Anchomenus viridis LeConte, 1846
Anchomenus cyanescens Motschulsky, 1859
Anchomenus gaudens Casey, 1920
Anchomenus gaudens clientulus Casey, 1920
Anchomenus vigilans Casey, 1920
Explanation of Names
extensicolle 'extended neck' (prothorax)
Size
7-10 mm(1)
Identification
bright green/bluish iridescence distinctive(2)
Range
Rocky Mtns, east (NS-SK to FL-AZ); Mexico(3)
Habitat
hygrophilous; prefers margins of standing or running water with firm gravel and sand substrate and sparse or absent vegetation(4)
Internet References
Species page(2)
Works Cited
1.The Beetles of Northeastern North America, Vol. 1 and 2.
Downie, N.M., and R.H. Arnett. 1996. The Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, FL.
2.Coleoptera species pages developed for the GSMNP project
3.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.
4.Identification of New World Agonum, review of the Mexican fauna, and description of Incagonum, new genus, from South America
Liebherr J.K. 1994. J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. 102: 1-55.

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