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Species Trechus obtusus

Carabid - Trechus obtusus Small ground beetle - Trechus obtusus Ground Beetle - Trechus obtusus Small red carabid - Trechus obtusus Small red carabid - Trechus obtusus T. ovipennis - Trechus obtusus T. ovipennis - Trechus obtusus T. ovipennis - Trechus obtusus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Adephaga
Family Carabidae (Ground Beetles)
Subfamily Trechinae
Tribe Trechini
Genus Trechus
No Taxon (Subgenus Trechus)
No Taxon (quadristriatus group)
Species obtusus (Trechus obtusus)
Explanation of Names
Trechus obtusus Erichson 1837
Size
3.5-4.5 mm(1)
Identification
Range
native to Europe, adventive in Western NA (BC-CA to ID-n.UT)(2) and Eastern NA (VA, NC)(3)
Remarks
earliest record in our area: WA 1925(2)