Species Dicaelus furvus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Works Cited

Dicaelus furvus carinatus? - Dicaelus furvus

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 Licinini

Subtribe Dicaelina

Genus Dicaelus (Notched-mouth Ground Beetles)

No Taxon (subgenus Paradicaelus)

No Taxon (furvus group)

Species furvus (Dicaelus furvus)

Explanation of Names

Dicaelus furvus furvus Dejean 1826 • Dicaelus furvus carinatus Dejean 1831

Numbers

2 sspp., both in our area(1)

Size

15‒16.5 mm(2)

Identification

Smaller than D. dilatatus; just 2 pair of lateral setae on the pronotum (more in D. elongatus); left mandible with a tubercle/ridge in front of labrum(2)

Range

Great Plains, Gulf Coast(1)

Works Cited

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

2.	The Beetles of Northeastern North America, Vol. 1 and 2. Downie, N.M., and R.H. Arnett. 1996. The Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, FL.

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