Species Dyschirius pilosus

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

Dyschirius pilosus? - Dyschirius pilosus - 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 Dyschiriini

Genus Dyschirius

No Taxon (subgenus Dyschiriodes)

No Taxon (pilosus group)

Species pilosus (Dyschirius pilosus)

Explanation of Names

Dyschirius pilosus LeConte 1857

Size

2.7-3.2 mm(1)

Range

e NA (NB-MB to NC-MS-TX) except FL & adjacent states(2)

Habitat

flooded places, mainly river banks on wet clayish 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 Brad Barnd on 23 May, 2011 - 12:51am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 28 September, 2018 - 5:10pm

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