Siagona jenissoni
| Siagona jenissoni | |
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| Siagona jenissoni. Museum specimen | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Subfamily: | Siagoninae |
| Genus: | Siagona |
| Species: | S. jenissoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Siagona jenissoni Dejean, 1826 | |
Siagona jenissoni is a species of beetles in the family Carabidae. [1]
Description
Siagona jenissoni 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
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
This species is present in southern Spain, in Portugal and on the coast of Morocco. [3][4]
References
- ↑ Biolib
- ↑ Coleo.net
- 1 2 3 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
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