Genus Dicaelus - Notched-mouth Ground Beetles

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · 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 Licinini

Subtribe Dicaelina

Genus Dicaelus (Notched-mouth Ground Beetles)

Explanation of Names

Dicaelus Bonelli 1813

'with two cavities'

Numbers

16 spp. in 3 subgenera, all in our area(1)

Size

11-27 mm(2)

Identification

Large, convex-shaped; pronotum with basal lobes extending over elytra

Range

so. Canada to Mexico(1)

Habitat

Woodlands, esp. deciduous. Usually under rocks, logs.

Food

snails

Works Cited

1.	Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.

2.	The Beetles of Northeastern North America, Vol. 1 and 2. Downie, N.M., and R.H. Arnett. 1996. The Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, FL.

Contributed by Cotinis on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, v belov
Last updated 7 January, 2021 - 3:33pm

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