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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Ground and Water Beetles (Adephaga) » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Omophroninae » Omophronini » Round Sand Beetles (Omophron) » Large-lipped Round Sand Beetle (Omophron labiatum)

Species Omophron labiatum - Large-lipped Round Sand Beetle

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Adephaga (Ground and Water Beetles)
Family Carabidae (Ground Beetles)
Subfamily Omophroninae
Tribe Omophronini
Genus Omophron (Round Sand Beetles)
Species labiatum (Large-lipped Round Sand Beetle)
Explanation of Names
Omophron labiatum (Fabricius 1801)
Size
4.8-6.3 mm(1)
Identification
rather distinctive:

dorsal habitus(2)
Range
e. coastal states (NS–FL–TX) - Map (3)(4), state wide in FL (except Keys) (5)
Habitat
mainly sea beaches on sand(1)
Works Cited
1.Illustrated Identification Guide to Adults and Larvae of Northeastern North American Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
Yves Bousquet. 2010. Pensoft Publishers.
2.eAgra: Western Hemisphere Caraboidea
3.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.
4.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
5. A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida.
Peck & Thomas. 1998. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville. 180 pp.
Contributed by Christopher C Wirth on 6 November, 2005 - 3:54pm
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian, Bbarnd, Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 14 March, 2019 - 11:27am

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