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Species Dicaelus ambiguus

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 Paradicaelus)

No Taxon (politus group)

Species ambiguus (Dicaelus ambiguus)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Dicaelus opacus LaFerté-Sénectère 1841

Dicaelus reflexus LeConte 1847 Holotype

Dicaelus turbulentus LeConte 1863 Holotype

Explanation of Names

Dicaelus ambiguus LaFerté-Sénectère 1841

Size

19‒25 mm(1)

Range

e.US (NJ‒FL to IA‒TX)(2)

Works Cited

1.	Ground Beetles and Wrinkled Bark Beetles of South Carolina Janet Ciegler. 2000. Clemson University.

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

Contributed by v belov on 12 January, 2011 - 3:37pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Mike Quinn
Last updated 4 April, 2024 - 6:32pm

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