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Species Pentagonica picticornis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Print References · 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 Pentagonicini
Genus Pentagonica
Species picticornis (Pentagonica picticornis)
Explanation of Names
Pentagonica picticornis Bates 1883
picticornis (L). 'variegated horn' (1)
Identification
Pale elytral border not sharply defined and becoming gradually broader toward the humeri. The under side of the body may be entirely piceous or just the abdomen alone. Joints 2—3—4 of the antennae are conspicuously pale, the first joint partly piceous. (Horn, 1893-94)

Det. B. Raber, 2017
Range
e NA to AZ (AZ-FL-QC-WI) / Mex. to C. Amer. - Map (2)(3), most records Great Plains to e. Mex.
Print References
Bates, H.W. 1883. Biologia Centrali-Americana: Insecta. Coleoptera. 1(1): Plate 1, Tab. 9, Fig. 25.
Horn, G.H. 1893-94. The Coleoptera of Baja California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 2, 4: 302-449. (pg. 311[/url])
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
2.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

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