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Species Anisodactylus texanus

Anisodactylus texanus Schaeffer - Anisodactylus texanus Anisodactylus texanus Schaeffer - Anisodactylus texanus
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 Harpalini
Subtribe Anisodactylina
Genus Anisodactylus
No Taxon (Subgenus Gynandrotarsus)
No Taxon (dulcicollis group)
Species texanus (Anisodactylus texanus)
Explanation of Names
Anisodactylus texanus Schaeffer 1910
Size
10-11 mm (Schaeffer, 1910)
Identification
A distinct species which can be confounded only with A. dulcicollis LaF., from which the different form of prothorax and the dilated first joint of the anterior tarsi of the female separate it. The upper surface is very shining in both sexes while in the female of dulcicollis the elytra are rather dull, not shining (Schaeffer, 1910)
Range
AZ, TX-LA / Mex. (1)
Remarks
Type Locality: New Braunfels, Comal Co., Texas
See Also
Anisodactylus dulcicollis (LaFerté-Sénectère)
- Range: e. US
Det. V. Belov, 2018
Print References
Schaeffer, C. 1910. Additions to the Carabidae of North America with notes on species already known. The Museum of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences Bulletin. 1(17): 391-405. (Full Text)
Works Cited
1.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.