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Species Stenolophus comma

Double-black-striped ground beetle - Stenolophus comma

Carabidae, ubiquitous in May at BL - Stenolophus comma

Stenolophus lecontei - Stenolophus comma

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 Stenolophina

Genus Stenolophus (Seedcorn Beetles)

No Taxon (subgenus Agonoderus)

Species comma (Stenolophus comma)

Explanation of Names

Stenolophus comma (Fabricius 1775)

Identification

S. comma vs S. lecontei adapted from(1):

Elytral interval #1 as pale as background colour; dark macula not extended anteriorly on interval 2 compared to intervals 3 and 4. Scutellar stria proportionately long. Pronotal side not sinuate in front of posterior angle which is well rounded; posteroangular region depressed. ABL 5.5-7.7 mm.......S. comma

Elytral interval #1 darker than background colour; dark macula extended anteriorly on interval 2 compared to intervals 3 and 4. Scutellar stria proportionately short. Pronotal side slightly sinuate in front of posterior angle which is somewhat obtuse; posteroangular region convex. ABL 5.3-7.2 mm............S. lecontei

Range

transcontinental: NF–BC to SC-c.TX-CA - Map (2)(3)

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.

3.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by tom murray on 2 July, 2005 - 7:06pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, Peter Messer, v belov
Last updated 27 August, 2021 - 4:54pm

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