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Species Eucaerus varicornis

Eucaerus varicornis LeConte - Eucaerus varicornis Eucaerus varicornis Eucaerus varicornis Eucaerus varicornis unusual Carabid? - Eucaerus varicornis unusual Carabid? - Eucaerus varicornis Eucaerus varicornis Carabidae - Eucaerus varicornis
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 Lachnophorini
Genus Eucaerus
Species varicornis (Eucaerus varicornis)
Explanation of Names
Eucaerus varicornis LeConte 1853
Range
Coastal Plain, NJ (Kip Will, pers comm), MD-FL-TX(1)
Remarks
The key in American Beetles mistakenly states that this species has "antennomeres 6-11 white, contrasted markedly with more or less piceous antennomeres 1-5".(2)
Actually, antennomeres 7-11 are white, while 1-6 are piceous. See type specimen Here
Works Cited
1.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.
2.American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia
Arnett, R.H., Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). 2000. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.