Siagona jenissonii
| Siagona jenissonii | |
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| Siagona jenissonii. Museum specimen | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Genus: | Siagona |
| Species: | S. jenissonii
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| Binomial name | |
| Siagona jenissonii Dejean, 1826
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Siagona jenissonii is a species of beetles in the family Carabidae.[1]
Description
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
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
- ^ 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