Species Rhadine austinica

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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 Platynini

Genus Rhadine

No Taxon (subterranea species group)

Species austinica (Rhadine austinica)

Explanation of Names

Rhadine austinica T.C. Barr, 1974

austinica - Adjective referring to Austin, Texas. (Barr, 1974)

Numbers

The subterranea group of Rhadine LeConte includes 11 spp. (Barr, 1974)

Size

Length 7.1-8.6 mm, mean 8.0 mm. (Barr, 1974)

Identification

Superficially similar to subterranea and exilis but differing from subterranea in having one or two pairs of marginal setae on pronotum, from exilis in less slender form and greater convexity, and from both species in extremely fine elytral striae and flat intervals. (Barr, 1974)

Range

Endemic to caves of c. TX.

Known from several small caves in the central portion of Travis County, Texas, southwest of the Colorado River: Arrow, Bandit, Bee Creek, Becketts, Cave X, Irelands, Midnight, and Pennies caves. (Barr, 1974)

Habitat

cave obligate (troglobitic) (Barr, 1974)

Remarks

Type Locality: Male (the American Museum of Natural History), Bandit Cave, in the Rollingwood subdivision on the south side of Austin, Travis County, Texas, May 17, 1965, W. M. Andrews, J. R. Reddell, and T. C. Barr. (Barr, 1974)

Texas Parks & Wildlife considers this to be a "Species of Greatest Conservation Need" (SGCN) (1)

See Also

R. austinica is most closely related to speca, a species found in Comal and Kendall counties. (Barr, 1974)

Print References

Barr, T.C., Jr. 1974. Revision of Rhadine LeConte (Coleoptera, Carabidae). I. The subterranea group. American Museum Novitates, 2539. 30 pp. Full PDF

Internet References

Type - AMNH

Works Cited

1.	Texas "Species of Greatest Conservation Need" (SGCN) - TPWD

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 17 December, 2012 - 10:15am
Last updated 31 March, 2016 - 3:27pm

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