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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Harpalitae » Pentagonicini » Pentagonica » Pentagonica marshalli

Species Pentagonica marshalli

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited
Pentagonica marshalli Mateu - Pentagonica marshalli Pentagonica marshalli from east TX - Pentagonica marshalli
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 marshalli (Pentagonica marshalli)
Explanation of Names
Pentagonica marshalli Mateu 1995
"dedicado a G.B. Marshall, recolector de esta interesante especie"
Size
3.9-4.6 mm
Identification
Differs from P. picticornis by antenna pale distad scape, head proportionatly shorter (truncated behind eyes), and pronotum proportionately wider
Range
e TX, MS, FL, GA - Map (1)(2); ...probably the most common Pentagonica in eTX, "I have records before me from Austin, Anderson, [Bastrop], Brazos, Grimes, Montgomery and Sabine counties." (E. Riley, 2010 pers. comm. to MAQ)
Remarks
Type locality: 3 mill. NW Alligator Point, Franklin Co., Florida
Print References
Mateu J. (1993-1994) Nuevas especies de Pentagonicini y de Lebiinae de los Estados Unidos de América (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Misc. Zool. 17: 141-148. Full text
Works Cited
1.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Peter W. Messer on 8 September, 2010 - 7:50am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 25 October, 2022 - 12:37pm

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