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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Omophroninae » Omophronini » Round Sand Beetles (Omophron) » Mosaic Round Sand Beetle (Omophron tessellatum)

Species Omophron tessellatum - Mosaic Round Sand Beetle

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Internet References · Works Cited
Beetle - Omophron tessellatum Omophron tessellatum Omophron - Round Sand Beetles - Omophron tessellatum Beetle - Omophron tessellatum - female Omophron tessellatum Omophron tessellatum Carabidae, Mosaic Round Sand Beetle, frontal - Omophron tessellatum O. tessellatum? - Omophron tessellatum
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 tessellatum (Mosaic Round Sand Beetle)
Explanation of Names
Omophron tessellatum Say 1823
Numbers
5.4-7.0 mm(1)
Identification
dorsal habitus(2)
Range
much of NA (NS-AB to VA-AR-OK-AZ)(3)
Habitat
flooded places: lake/river banks, pond/pool edges, sea beaches, usually on sandy or clayish soils(1)
Season
spring breeder(1); May-Jul(4)
Internet References
Species page(4)
Works Cited
1.Illustrated Identification Guide to Adults and Larvae of Northeastern North American Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
Yves Bousquet. 2010. Pensoft Publishers.
2.eAgra: Western Hemisphere Caraboidea
3.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.
4.University of Alberta Entomology Collection
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 2 February, 2008 - 5:41pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, v belov
Last updated 28 January, 2015 - 12:40pm

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