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Species Omophron robustum - Robust Round Sand Beetle

Omophron robustum Horn 1870 - Omophron robustum - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Adephaga

Family Carabidae (Ground Beetles)

Subfamily Omophroninae

Tribe Omophronini

Genus Omophron (Round Sand Beetles)

Species robustum (Robust Round Sand Beetle)

Explanation of Names

Omophron robustum Horn 1870

Size

5.2-6.9 mm(1)

Identification

dorsal habitus(2)

Range

so.ON–ND to nw.TN-nw.TX; isolated in se.AB(3)

Internet References

Species page(1)

Works Cited

1.	University of Alberta Entomology Collection

2.	eAgra: Western Hemisphere Caraboidea

3.	Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.

Contributed by v belov on 28 January, 2015 - 12:04pm

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