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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
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Notched-mouth Ground Beetles (Dicaelus)
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subgenus Paradicaelus (Dicaelus subgenus Paradicaelus)
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furvus group (Dicaelus furvus group)
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Dicaelus furvus
Species
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.
Contributed by
Brad Barnd
on 3 December, 2007 - 7:18pm
Additional contributions by
Mike Quinn
,
v belov
Last updated 4 April, 2024 - 7:10pm