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Genus Acupalpus

Carabid - Acupalpus pauperculus Acupalpus? - Acupalpus nanellus Ground Beetle - Acupalpus testaceus Stenolophina? - Acupalpus testaceus carabid - Acupalpus testaceus Ground Beetle - Acupalpus testaceus Acupalpus carus Small, brown ground beetle with light legs - Acupalpus indistinctus
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 Harpalini
Subtribe Stenolophina
Genus Acupalpus
Explanation of Names
Acupalpus Latreille, 1829
Latin acu 'needle' + palpus 'feeler'(1)
Numbers
17 spp. (in 4 subgenera) in our area (2) (130 spp. in 9 subgenera total)
Range
worldwide; in our area, predominantly eastern (2)
Habitat
Hygrophilous, inhabiting pond margins, in dense vegetation (2)
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
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.