Biology:Agonum belleri

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Short description: Species of beetle

Agonum belleri
Scientific classification edit
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

Wikidata ☰ Q4693522 entry