Species Dicaelus purpuratus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Works Cited

fast moving beetle - Dicaelus purpuratus

Dicaelus purpuratus purpuratus Bonelli - Dicaelus purpuratus

Dicaelus pupuratus - Dicaelus purpuratus - female

Purple Ground Beetle(?) - Dicaelus purpuratus

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)

No Taxon (subgenus Dicaelus)

Species purpuratus (Dicaelus purpuratus)

Explanation of Names

Dicaelus pupuratus Bonelli 1813

Numbers

2 sspp.(1)

Size

18.6‒26.2 mm(2)

Identification

dorsum purple metallic

Range

D. p. pupuratus MA–ON-WI to GA-AL-se.TX, D. p. splendidus w.IL-MN–sw.ND to LA-se.TX-se.AZ(1)

Works Cited

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

2.	A taxonomic study of the North American Licinini with notes on the Old World species of the genus Diplochelia Brullé(Coleoptera Ball G.E. 1959. Mem. Am. Ent. Soc. 16: 1-258.

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