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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Harpalitae » Licinini » Dicaelina » Notched-mouth Ground Beetles (Dicaelus) » subgenus Dicaelus (Dicaelus subgenus Dicaelus) » Dicaelus costatus

Species Dicaelus costatus

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
Dicaelus costatus LeConte - Dicaelus costatus Dicaelus costatus LeConte - Dicaelus costatus
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 Licinini
Subtribe Dicaelina
Genus Dicaelus (Notched-mouth Ground Beetles)
No Taxon (subgenus Dicaelus)
Species costatus (Dicaelus costatus)
Other Common Names
South Texas Embossed Carabid
Explanation of Names
Dicaelus costatus LeConte 1853
costatus 'ribbed'
Size
20.6-29.3 mm(1)
Range
c. TX to n. Mex. - Map (2)(3)
Remarks
Type Locality: Kingsville, Kleberg Co., Texas
Internet References
Type - MCZ, Harvard
Works Cited
1.A taxonomic study of the North American Licinini with notes on the Old World species of the genus Diplochelia Brullé(Coleoptera
Ball G.E. 1959. Mem. Am. Ent. Soc. 16: 1-258.
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 Mike Quinn on 23 November, 2009 - 3:29pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 8 December, 2023 - 3:20pm

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