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Species Calleida viridipennis

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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 Lebiini
Subtribe Calleidina
Genus Calleida
No Taxon (subgenus Calleida)
Species viridipennis (Calleida viridipennis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Calleida marginata Dejean 1825
Explanation of Names
Calleida viridipennis (Say 1823)
viridipennis = 'green-winged'
Size
9-10 mm
Identification
bright bluish-green, elytra can be purple, sometimes margined with copper; antennae piceous, except for antennomeres 1-3 and part of 4; venter piceous(1)
Range
e US to NM (NY-FL to IA-NM-*AZ) [map](2)(3)(*BG data)
Habitat
Adults overwinter in deep leaf litter and under bark
Season
Mar-Aug in SC(1)
Life Cycle
can penetrate fecal shield defense of larval Hemisphaerota cyanea by chewing through the shield or by getting underneath it and prying it up (Hall & Butler 2001)(4)
Remarks
occasionally comes to lights
Print References
Karns K. (2000) Calleida viridipennis (Say) (Coleoptera-Carabidae): winter habitat observations. Ohio Coleopterist (4)