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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Harpalitae » Harpalini » Harpalina » Ophonus » Ophonus puncticeps

Species Ophonus puncticeps

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Remarks · See Also · Works Cited
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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 Harpalina
Genus Ophonus
Species puncticeps (Ophonus puncticeps)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Harpalus puncticeps
Explanation of Names
Ophonus puncticeps Stephens 1828
Identification
pronotum & elytra densely punctate and pubescent
Range
native to the Palaearctic, adventive and widespread in ne. NA (NS-NJ-IA)(1)
Remarks
earliest record in our area: NY 1954(1)
See Also
Amphasia interstitialis
Works Cited
1.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 23 August, 2005 - 6:51pm
Additional contributions by tom murray, Bbarnd, Peter Messer, v belov
Last updated 9 February, 2014 - 12:34pm

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