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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Trechinae » Bembidiini » Tachyina » Elaphropus » subgenus Tachyura (Elaphropus subgenus Tachyura) » Elaphropus quadrisignatus

Species Elaphropus quadrisignatus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Works Cited
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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 Trechinae
Tribe Bembidiini
Subtribe Tachyina
Genus Elaphropus
No Taxon (subgenus Tachyura)
Species quadrisignatus (Elaphropus quadrisignatus)
Explanation of Names
Elaphropus quadrisignatus (Duftschmid 1812)
Range
native to so. & c. Europe(1)
Habitat
in its native range, banks of streams/creeks in mountains & foothills(1)
Remarks
A single specimen captured in New Jersey (2010) and posted on BugGuide is tentatively the first North American record of E. quadrisignatus as identified by P.W. Messer and confirmed by Terry Erwin
i have a small series from my backyard in Essex Co., NJ. =v=
earliest record in our area: NJ 2010
Works Cited
1.Coleoptera Poloniae
Contributed by Peter W. Messer on 26 June, 2012 - 9:55am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 17 October, 2018 - 7:44pm

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