Carabidae, Coleoptera, Insecta, Arthropoda, Animalia
Matthew Denton, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA 98505 USA.
01 April 1997
Identification Species with frontal furrows prolonged posteriorly behind the eyes. Prothorax narrow; elytral striae with small, but dense, sharp punctures; elytra spotted; prothorax and elytra red-brown to almost black; forebody with faint metallic reflection. First antennal segment and base of following, as well as entire legs, rufous or yellow-brown; elytra constantly with a rufous or brownish yellow spot. Range Found only west of the Rockies, from California to British Columbia. Natural History A hygrophilous species, found on river banks consisting of clay or fine sand distant from water. On TESC campus, found exclusively in a large area of marshy meadow and scot's broom. |
References
Lindroth, C. H. 1961-1969. The ground beetles (Carabidae excl. Cicindelinae) of Canada and Alaska. Parts 1-6. Opuscula Entomologica xlviii + 1192 pp.
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