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Species Laemostenus complanatus - Laemostenus (Laemostenus) complanatus

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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
native to n.Africa, now almost cosmopolitan(2); in NA, along the Pacific (s.BC‒sw.CA)(3)(4)
Habitat
littoral in ports; cellars, caves(2), forests and meadows.
Internet References
Fact sheet(1)
Works Cited
1.PaDIL – High quality images and information tools designed for Biosecurity and Biodiversity
2.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.
3.California Beetle Project
4.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.
Contributed by v belov on 7 February, 2012 - 1:10am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, carabid_47
Last updated 21 March, 2024 - 3:13pm

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