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Agonum belleri

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Agonum belleri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Agonum
Species:
A. belleri
Binomial name
Agonum belleri
(Hatch, 1933)
Synonyms[1]
  • Punctagonum elleri Gray, 1937

Agonum belleri, sometimes called Beller's ground beetle,[2] is a species of ground beetle in the Platyninae subfamily.

Description

The species are metallic-black in colour.

Distribution

The species can be found only in Pacific Northwest of North America.[2] A. belleri lives in sphagnum bogs.

Taxonomy

The species was named after Samuel Beller, an entomologist who was one of the Melville H. Hatch's pupils.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Agonum (Olisares) belleri (Hatch, 1933)". Carabidae of the World. Retrieved January 18, 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Ground beetles: Beller's ground beetle (Agonum belleri)". The Xerces Society. Archived from the original on May 28, 2012. Retrieved July 1, 2012.
  3. ^ Yves Bousquet (2012). Terry Erwin (ed.). "Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico". ZooKeys. 245. Sofia, Bulgaria: Pensoft Publishers: 1216. doi:10.3897/zookeys.245.3416. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 3577090. PMID 23431087.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)


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