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Species Atranus pubescens

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 Atranini

Genus Atranus

Species pubescens (Atranus pubescens)

Explanation of Names

Atranus pubescens (Dejean 1828)

Size

5.0-7.0 mm(1)

Range

e. NA (NS-GA-AL to ON-NE-TX)(2)

Habitat

beaver houses, muddy heaps & debris around(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 tom murray on 23 July, 2008 - 7:35pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 18 March, 2015 - 11:46pm

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