Siagona jenissonii is a species of beetles in the family Carabidae.[1]

Siagona jenissonii
Siagona jenissonii. Museum specimen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Siagona
Species:
S. jenissonii
Binomial name
Siagona jenissonii
Dejean, 1826

Description

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Siagona 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

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These 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

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This species is present in southern Spain, in Portugal and on the coast of Morocco.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ Biolib
  2. ^ Coleo.net
  3. ^ 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)
  4. ^ Fauna europaea