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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Harpalitae » Harpalini » Anisodactylina » Anisodactylus » Subgenus Anisodactylus (Anisodactylus Subgenus Anisodactylus) » carbonarius group (Anisodactylus carbonarius group) » Anisodactylus nigerrimus

Species Anisodactylus nigerrimus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Works Cited
Anisodactylus nigerrimus Anisodactylus nigerrimus Ground Beetle - Anisodactylus nigerrimus - male Ground Beetle - Anisodactylus nigerrimus Carabidae ID help! - Anisodactylus nigerrimus Anisodactylus nigerrimus Anisodactylus nigerrimus - male Anisodactylus nigerrimus - male
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 Anisodactylus)
No Taxon (carbonarius group)
Species nigerrimus (Anisodactylus nigerrimus)
Explanation of Names
Anisodactylus nigerrimus (Dejean 1831)
Size
9.2-12.3 mm(1)
Identification
Clues include a pair of setae (bristles) on each side of clypeus plus pronotum with lateral margins minimally deplanate and hind angles rounded.
Range
e. NA (NF–n.GA-MS to ON-NE-e.KS); recently caught in BC (may be introduction or misidentification))(2)
Habitat
open places: fields, roadsides, sand/and gravel pits, forest edges/clearings, usually on dry sandy soils with scattered vegetation(1)
Works Cited
1.Illustrated Identification Guide to Adults and Larvae of Northeastern North American Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
Yves Bousquet. 2010. Pensoft Publishers.
2.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.
Contributed by Boris Büche on 7 April, 2008 - 10:45am
Additional contributions by tom murray, v belov
Last updated 18 August, 2014 - 7:01pm

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