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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Harpalitae » Perigonini » Perigona » Perigona nigriceps

Species Perigona nigriceps

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Remarks · 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 Perigonini
Genus Perigona
Species nigriceps (Perigona nigriceps)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
≡Trechicus nigriceps
Explanation of Names
Perigona nigriceps (Dejean 1831)
Size
2.0‒2.5 mm(1)
Range
native to tropical Asia (where it is abundant in rubbish and groundnut), now cosmopolitan; adventive in e.NA & CA‒OR(2)(3)
Habitat
margins of ponds, lakes, gardens(1); commonly found in cellars or associated with stored products(2)
Remarks
earliest record in our area: before 1853(2)
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.Coleoptera families other than Cerambycidae, Curculionidae sensu lato, Chrysomelidae sensu lato and Coccinelidae -- Chapter 8.5
Denux O., Zagatti P. 2010. BioRisk 4: 315–406.
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 2 October, 2005 - 1:24pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 26 August, 2024 - 6:53am

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