Subtribe Dicaelina

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Food · Works Cited

Dicaelus costatus LeConte - Dicaelus costatus

Dicaelus subtropicus Casey - Dicaelus subtropicus

Dicaelus alternans Dejean - Dicaelus alternans

Dicaelus crenatus from North Central TX - Dicaelus crenatus

Pennsylvania Beetle for ID - Dicaelus teter

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 Licinini

Subtribe Dicaelina

Explanation of Names

Dicaelina Laporte 1834

Numbers

2 genera, with 25 spp. in our area and 45 spp. total(1)

Food

members of this subtribe have thick mandibles and attack snails by biting through the shell(2)

Works Cited

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

2.	American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia Arnett, R.H., Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). 2000. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.

Contributed by v belov on 12 December, 2012 - 10:35am

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