Species Schizogenius lineolatus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Season · Works Cited

Schizogenius lineolatus (Say) - Schizogenius lineolatus

Beetle - Schizogenius lineolatus - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Adephaga

Family Carabidae (Ground Beetles)

Subfamily Scaritinae

Tribe Clivinini

Subtribe Clivinina

Genus Schizogenius

Species lineolatus (Schizogenius lineolatus)

Explanation of Names

Schizogenius lineolatus (Say 1823)

lineolatus 'lined' (reference to the striated head)

Size

3.8‒4.4 mm(1)

Range

NB‒AL to MT‒TX & Mexico; unknown south of NJ along the Atlantic Coast(2)

Habitat

gravel bars along streams(1)

Season

Apr‒Oct(1)

Works Cited

1.	Classification, phylogeny, and zoogeography of Schizogenius Putzeys (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Scaritini) Whitehead D.R. 1972. Quaestiones entomologicae 8: 131-348.

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

Contributed by Brad Barnd on 13 April, 2011 - 7:32pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 11 December, 2023 - 1:38pm

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