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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Harpalitae » Lebiini » Pericalina » Phloeoxena » Phloeoxena signata

Species Phloeoxena signata

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Season · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited
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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 Lebiini
Subtribe Pericalina
Genus Phloeoxena
Species signata (Phloeoxena signata)
Explanation of Names
Phloeoxena signata (Dejean 1825)
Size
5.5-6.0 mm (1)
Range
se coastal states (MD-FL-LA) & TN to Panama(2)
Habitat
hardwood forests, under bark (3); also found on fungus, flowers (1)
Season
Noted April-June and August in South Carolina (1). Brimley notes from Southern Pines, NC (Sandhills region), November-March (4).
Remarks
Species of Greatest Conservation Need in VA(5)
Print References
Steiner WE, Erwin TL, Ward RD (2007) Phloeoxena signata (Dejean): northern range extensions to Maryland and Tennessee, U.S.A., and the first record for Costa Rica (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Col. Bull. 61: 224-226
Works Cited
1.Ground Beetles and Wrinkled Bark Beetles of South Carolina
Janet Ciegler. 2000. Clemson University.
2.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.
3.American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia
Arnett, R.H., Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). 2000. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
4.Anisota virginiensis pellucida
5.Virginia "Species of Greatest Conservation Need" (SGCN)

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