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Loricera
Loricera decempunctata
Carabidae overview
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Identification:
Difficulty in defining species within this genus due to variability in the genitalia. Head with convex eyes and mandibles explanate laterally, as in Leistus; prothorax small and narrowed basally; elytra with a few impressed foveae on the fourth and sometimes the seventh interval.
Range:
Holarctic
Natural History:
Three species found in North America, north of Mexico. Species are hygrophilous and active in sunshine, often using their full hind wings.
References:
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.
Lindroth, C. H. 1961-1969. The ground beetles (Carabidae excl. Cicindelinae) of Canada and Alaska. Parts 1-6. Opuscula Entomologica xlviii + 1192 pp.
Last updated Thursday, July 20, 2006, by Lisa Ferrier
