Species Ophonus rufibarbis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Works Cited

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.	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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