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Species Anisodactylus sanctaecrucis

beetle - Anisodactylus sanctaecrucis Carabidae - Anisodactylus sanctaecrucis Carabidae? - Anisodactylus sanctaecrucis Beetle - Anisodactylus sanctaecrucis - female Harpalus? - Anisodactylus sanctaecrucis Harpalus? - Anisodactylus sanctaecrucis Anisodactylus sanctaecrucis Bradycellus? - Anisodactylus sanctaecrucis
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 Anadaptus)
Species sanctaecrucis (Anisodactylus sanctaecrucis)
Explanation of Names
Anisodactylus sanctaecrucis (Fabricius 1798)
Size
8.3-10.9 mm(1)
Identification
Brownish elytra and black forebody are characteristic
Range
widely dist. (CA-FL-QC-BC)(2)
Habitat
flooded/open places: river/lake banks, edges of marshes and pools, fields, sand/gravel pits, roadsides, usually on more or less sandy soils;(1)