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Genus Acupalpus

tiny Ground beetle - Acupalpus testaceus

Ground beetle 10.06.15 - Acupalpus testaceus

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.

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 15 December, 2006 - 5:00pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 8 January, 2024 - 9:44am

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