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Species Ophonus rufibarbis

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Ophonus rufibarbis - male Ophonus rufibarbis - female Ophonus rufibarbis - female

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 Harpalini
Subtribe Harpalina
Genus Ophonus
Species rufibarbis (Ophonus rufibarbis)

Explanation of Names

Ophonus rufibarbis (Fabricius 1792)

Size

6.2-9.5 mm(1)

Range

native to Central & Northern Europe(2), adventive in NA (QC)(3)

Habitat

gravel piles near woods(1); shady, rather moist clay & humus-rich soils(2)

Remarks

earliest record in our area: QC 1953(3)

Works Cited

1.Illustrated Identification Guide to Adults and Larvae of Northeastern North American Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
Yves Bousquet. 2010. Pensoft Publishers.
2.Polish Biodiversity Information Network • Coleoptera Poloniae
3.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.
Contributed by v belov on 2 December, 2014 - 12:19pm
Last updated 3 December, 2014 - 8:11am

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