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Species Anisodactylus binotatus

Representative Images

Vinegar Sprayer - Anisodactylus binotatus Vinegar Sprayer - Anisodactylus binotatus Vinegar Sprayer - Anisodactylus binotatus Calathus sp ? - Anisodactylus binotatus - male Enumclaw-J.2004.02 - Anisodactylus binotatus Enumclaw-J.2004.02 - Anisodactylus binotatus Enumclaw-J.2004.02 - Anisodactylus binotatus Anisodactylus binotatus

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 Harpalini
Subtribe Anisodactylina
Genus Anisodactylus
No Taxon (Subgenus Anisodactylus)
No Taxon (binotatus group)
Species binotatus (Anisodactylus binotatus)

Explanation of Names

Anisodactylus binotatus (Fabricius 1787)

Size

11-13 mm

Range

native to, and widespread in w. Palaearctic (east to w. Siberia)(1), adventive in NA: BC-CA to MT(2)

Remarks

earliest record in our area: OR 1911(2)
member of the binotatus group that also contains A. consobrinus LeConte (WA-CA to ID-NM)(2)

Works Cited

1.Polish Biodiversity Information Network • Coleoptera Poloniae
2.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.
Contributed by Tim Loh on 15 February, 2010 - 1:20am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 8 December, 2014 - 7:06pm

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