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Species Anisodactylus sanctaecrucis

Harpalus sp.? - Anisodactylus sanctaecrucis Carabidae - Anisodactylus sanctaecrucis - male Beetle - Anisodactylus sanctaecrucis - female Carabid - Anisodactylus sanctaecrucis Beetle - Anisodactylus sanctaecrucis Harpalus? - Anisodactylus sanctaecrucis Carabidae - Anisodactylus sanctaecrucis 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)
Works Cited
1.Illustrated Identification Guide to Adults and Larvae of Northeastern North American Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
Yves Bousquet. 2010. Pensoft Publishers.
2.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.
Contributed by tom murray on 7 April, 2006 - 2:42pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 24 July, 2016 - 5:53pm

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