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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Harpalitae » Galeritini » False Bombardier Beetles (Galerita) » Galerita (Galerita) aequinoctialis (Galerita aequinoctialis)

Species Galerita aequinoctialis - Galerita (Galerita) aequinoctialis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Season · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Galerita aequinoctialis Chaudoir - Galerita aequinoctialis

Galerita (Galerita) aequinoctialis Chaudoir - Galerita aequinoctialis

Galerita aequinoctialis? - Galerita aequinoctialis

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 Galeritini

Genus Galerita (False Bombardier Beetles)

Species aequinoctialis (Galerita (Galerita) aequinoctialis)

Explanation of Names

Galerita (Galerita) aequinoctialis Chaudoir 1852

Size

14.5-18.0 mm (1)

Range

southmost TX (Cameron Co.) to Panama; Arkansas records must be considered at error - Map (2)(1)(3)

Habitat

in TX, taken in carrion-baited pitfall traps or running on ground at night in the sabal palm sanctuary; taken at lights in Mexico (2)

Season

collected in TX in April & October (2)

Remarks

the only member of the nominate subgenus in our fauna; the subgenus (>80 spp.) is primarily pantropical in distribution (4)

Texas Parks and Wildlife considers this sp. a SGCN (5)

Print References

Ball, G.E. & A.P. Nimmo. 1983. Synopsis of the species of subgenus Proglaeritina Jeannel, including reconstructed phylogeny and geographical history (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Galerita Fabricius). Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 109(4): 295-356.

King, J.L. 1919. Notes on the biology of the carabid genera Brachynus, Galerita and Chlaenius. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 12: 382-390.

Riley E.G. & J.E. King. 2009. Element record datasheets submitted to Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, Wildlife Division, Austin. (2)

Rossini, C., A.B. Attygalle, A. Gonzalez, S.R. Smedley, M. Eisner, J. Meinwald, & T. Eisner. 1997. Defensive production of formic acid (80%) by a carabid beetle (Galerita lecontei). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 94(13): 6792-6797.

Internet References

Texas Entomology - Mike Quinn, 2008

Works Cited

1.	A monographic revision of the American Galeritini (Coleoptera: Carabidae) Reichardt H. 1967. Arquivos de Zoologia 15(1-2): 1-176.

2.	Element record datasheets, submitted to Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, Wildlife Division, Austin. Riley E.G., King J.E. 2009.

3.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

4.	American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia Arnett, R.H., Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). 2000. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.

5.	Texas "Species of Greatest Conservation Need" (SGCN) - TPWD

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 27 February, 2009 - 5:07pm
Additional contributions by v belov, Thrasher
Last updated 28 November, 2019 - 5:30pm

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