Terms and definitions taken from Torre-Bueno 1978.

Matthew Denton, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA 98505 USA.

01 April 1997

bisetose

with two bristlelike or setaceous appendages

cleft

split, divided longitudinally

clypeus

a sclerite on the lower part of the face, between the frons and the labium.

emarginate

notched; with an obtuse, rounded or quadrate section cut from a margin

explanate

spread out and flattened, applied to a margin

fovea

a deep depression with well marked sides

glabrous

smooth, hairless, and without punctures or structures

Holarctic (realm)

a faunal region comprising the whole of Europe, Northern Africa as far as the Sahara, Asia, down to the Himalaya Mountains and North America down to Mexico

hygrophilous

moisture-loving; living in low, damp places

interval

the space between two elytral striae

labium

the second maxilla; the lower lip; a compound structure which forms the floor of the mouth in mandibulate insects.

labrum

the upper lip, which covers the base of the mandible and forms the roof of the mouth

palp

a segmented process born by the maxillae or labium

pedunculate

set on a stalk, attached by a slender stalk, petiolate.

penultimate

nest to the last

piceous

pitchy black; black with a reddish tinge

plurisetose

bearing several setae

prothorax

the second or intermediate region of the insect body bearing the true legs and the wings, made up of three rings, named in order, pro-, meso-, meta-.

pubescent

downy, clothed with soft, short, fine, closely set hair

puncture

a small impression on the hard outer parts of the insect body, like that made by a needle

recurrent

running backward

setigerous

set with or bearing setae

stria

any fine longitudinal impressed line; in Coleoptera, a longitudinal depressed line or furrow, frequently punctured, extending from the base to the apex of the elytra.

supra-orbital

situated above the eye

suture

a seam or impressed line indicating the division of the distinct parts of the body wall; the line of juncture of the elytra in Coleoptera or of the tegmina or hemelytra in other orders.

tubercles

a little solid pimple or small button

General structure of a carabid beetle (Coleoptera, Carabidae) (Kavanaugh 1992)

A, general appearance, dorsal view; B, general appearance, ventral view; C, dead, dorsal view; D, left mandible, dorsal view; E, left maxilla, ventral view; G, pronotum, dorsal view; H, left elytron, dorsal view; I, right metathorac (hind) leg, dorsal view.

Abbreviations: an = antenna; an1 = scape (first antennomere); an2 = pedicel(second antennomere); an3-an11 = third through eleventh antennomeres; bl = body length; cl = clypeus; el = elytron; elbm = basal margin of elytron; elds = discal setae of elytron; elep = epiplueron of elytron; elhu = humerus of elytron; eli 1, eli 2, etc.= first and subsequent striae of elytron; ellm = lateral margination of elytron; elmm = medial margin of elytron; elss = scutellar striole of elytron; els1, els2, etc. = first and subsequent striae of elytron; elus = umbilicate setae of elytron; ey = compund eye; fe = femur; fr= frons; frf = frontal furrows; lm= labium; lmp= labial palpus; lmp2= penultimate palpomere of labial palpus; lr= labrum; mics = preferred area for comparisons of elytral microsculpture; mn= mandible; mns= scrobe of mandible; mnss= seta in scrobe of mandible; mscc= mesocoxal cavity (i.e., cavity into which mesocoxa is inserted); msem = mesepimeron; mses = mesepisternum; mss = mesosternum; mtc = metacoxa; mtes= metepisternum; mts= metasternum; mtsp = metasternal intercoxal process; mtt1-mtt5= first through fifth metatarsomeres; mx= maxilla; mxp= maxillary palpus; mxp3 = penultimate palpomere of maxillary palpus; mxp4 = terminal palpomere of maxillary palpus; pcc = procoxal cavity (i.e. cavity into which procoxa is inserted); pp = propleuron; pr = pronotum; praa= apical angle of pronotum; prba = basal angle of pronotum; prbc = basolateral carina of pronotum; prbs = basolateral seta of pronotum; prbg = basal margination of pronotum; prbl = basal sinuation of lateral margin iof pronotum; prbm= basal margin of pronotum; prbs = basallateral seta of pronotum; prle = lateral explanation of pronotum; prlm = lateral margin of rponotum; prms = midlateral seta of pronotum; prpt = posterior transverse impression of pronotum; ps = prosternum; sos = supraorbital seta; S1-S6 = first through sixth visible abdominal sterna; ti = tibia; ts = tarsis

Literature Cited

Kavanaugh, D. H. 1992. Carabid beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae) of the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia. Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences Number 16. California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, USA.

Torre-Bueno, J. R. de la. 1978. A Glossary of Entomology. New York Entomological Society, New York, New York, USA.

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