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Species Elaphropus incurvus

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Adephaga
Family Carabidae (Ground Beetles)
Subfamily Trechinae
Tribe Bembidiini
Subtribe Tachyina
Genus Elaphropus
No Taxon (subgenus Barytachys)
Species incurvus (Elaphropus incurvus)
Explanation of Names
Elaphropus incurvus (Say 1830)
Identification
Among other subtle differences, head is usually blackish (brownish in most E. anceps)
Range
NS-BC south to TN-NM-OR(1)
Works Cited
1.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.