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Laemostenus (Pristonychus) terricola (Laemostenus terricola)
Species
Laemostenus terricola
- Laemostenus (Pristonychus) terricola
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
Sphodrini
Genus
Laemostenus
Species
terricola
(Laemostenus (Pristonychus) terricola)
Explanation of Names
Laemostenus terricola
(Herbst 1784)
Numbers
2 sspp. total, in our area -
L. t. terricola
(
1
)
Size
13.0-17.5 mm
(
2
)
Range
native to, and widespread across Europe
(
3
)
, adventive in NA (NF-QC & MA; BC)
(
1
)
Habitat
cellars, stables, barns
(
2
)
Season
autumn breeder
(
2
)
Remarks
earliest record in our area: NS before 1894
(
1
)
our only representative of the subgenus
Pristonychus
Dejean 1828, that contains 55 spp. (all Palaearctic)
(
1
)
Works Cited
1.
Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.
2.
Illustrated Identification Guide to Adults and Larvae of Northeastern North American Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
Yves Bousquet. 2010. Pensoft Publishers.
3.
Coleoptera Poloniae
Contributed by
v belov
on 2 December, 2014 - 12:44pm
Last updated 3 December, 2014 - 10:12am