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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Pterostichitae » Woodland Ground Beetles (Pterostichini) » Poecilus » chalcites group (Poecilus chalcites group) » Poecilus diplophryus

Species Poecilus diplophryus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · See Also · Works Cited
Green, with setae, carabid - Poecilus diplophryus Poecilus diplophyrus (Chaudoir) - Poecilus diplophryus beetle 75 - Poecilus diplophryus - male carabid - Poecilus diplophryus Poecilus diplophryus? - Poecilus diplophryus Poecilus diplophryus? - Poecilus diplophryus Poecilus diplophryus? - Poecilus diplophryus Poecilus diplophryus? - Poecilus diplophryus
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 Pterostichini (Woodland Ground Beetles)
Genus Poecilus
No Taxon (chalcites group)
Species diplophryus (Poecilus diplophryus)
Explanation of Names
Poecilus diplophryus Chaudoir 1876
Identification
Poecilus scitulus may be separated from the similar P. diplophryus by its sinuate prothorax sides before its right hind angle (vs. less sinuate sides before an obtuse hind angle for the later), 2 dorsal elytron punctures (vs. 3), and length being 8.5-11.5 mm (vs. 11-12 mm). (1)
Range
sw US (CA to CO-NM) - Map (2)(3)
See Also
Poecilus scitulus:
Works Cited
1.The ground-beetles (Carabidae, excl. Cicindelinae) of Canada and Alaska, parts 1—6
C.H. Lindroth. 1961. Opuscula Entomologica Supplementa XX, XXIV, XXIX, XXXIII, XXXIV, XXXV.
2.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Tim Loh on 16 April, 2011 - 2:57pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov, Edward Ruden
Last updated 2 December, 2023 - 8:39pm

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