Dicaelus purpuratus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Adephaga

Familia: Carabidae
Subfamilia: Harpalinae
Supertribus: Chlaeniitae
Tribus: Licinini
Subtribus: Dicaelina
Genus: Dicaelus

Species: Dicaelus purpuratus

Dicaelus purpuratus is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3][4]
Subspecies

These two subspecies belong to the species Dicaelus purpuratus:

Dicaelus purpuratus purpuratus Bonelli, 1813
Dicaelus purpuratus splendidus Say, 1823

References

"Dicaelus purpuratus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
"Dicaelus purpuratus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
"Dicaelus purpuratus species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

Bousquet, Yves (2012). "Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico". ZooKeys (245): 1–1722. doi:10.3897/zookeys.245.3416. PMC 3577090. PMID 23431087.

Further reading

Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2017). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 1: Archostemata - Myxophaga - Adephaga. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-33029-0.