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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Harpalitae » Sphodrini » Laemostenus » Laemostenus (Laemostenus) complanatus (Laemostenus complanatus)

Species Laemostenus complanatus - Laemostenus (Laemostenus) complanatus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Internet References · Works Cited
Beach carabid from San Francisco - Laemostenus complanatus - male Ground Beetle - Laemostenus complanatus Could this be Harpalus sp? - Laemostenus complanatus Platynus sp. ? - Laemostenus complanatus Platynus sp. ? - Laemostenus complanatus Platynus sp. ? - Laemostenus complanatus Carabidae - Laemostenus complanatus Female Pterostichus? - Laemostenus complanatus - female
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 Sphodrini
Genus Laemostenus
Species complanatus (Laemostenus (Laemostenus) complanatus)
Explanation of Names
Laemostenus (Laemostenus) complanatus (Dejean 1828)
Size
13-16 mm(1)
Range
adventive from s. BC to sw. Calif. (2)(3)(4), native to n. Africa, now almost cosmopolitan(5)
Habitat
littoral in ports; cellars, caves(5)
Internet References
Fact sheet(1)
Works Cited
1.PaDIL – High quality images and information tools designed for Biosecurity and Biodiversity
2.The Ground Beetles of Canada
3.California Beetle Project
4.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.
5.Alien terrestrial arthropods of Europe
Roques A., Kenis M., Lees D., Lopez-Vaamonde C., Rabitsch W., Rasplus J.-Y., Roy D., eds. 2010. BioRisk 4 Special Issue; 2 vols., 1028 pp.
Contributed by v belov on 7 February, 2012 - 1:10am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 11 February, 2022 - 12:39am

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