Siagona jenissonii is a species of beetles in the family Carabidae.[1]
Siagona jenissonii | |
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Siagona jenissonii. Museum specimen | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Carabidae |
Genus: | Siagona |
Species: | S. jenissonii
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Binomial name | |
Siagona jenissonii Dejean, 1826
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Description
editSiagona jenissonii can reach a length of 15–17 millimetres (0.59–0.67 in).[2] Body is flat with a constriction between the prothorax and mesothorax. Pronotum is densely punctured. Mandibles are short and strong. Males have quite longer trochanters than females. This species is brachypterous.[3]
Biology
editThese carabids have a stenotopic lifestyle. They live in ground fissures and in darkness for most of their life. They are nocturnal hunters of ants.[3]
Distribution
editThis species is present in southern Spain, in Portugal and on the coast of Morocco.[3][4]
References
edit- ^ Biolib
- ^ Coleo.net
- ^ a b c Federica Talarico, Pietro Brandmayr, Anita Giglio, Alessandro Massolo, and Tullia Zetto Brandmayr Morphometry of eyes, antennae and wings in three species of Siagona(Coleoptera, Carabidae)
- ^ Fauna europaea