Ophonus Jailensis
''Ophonus jailensis'' is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Harpalinae, genus Ophonus ''Ophonus'' is a ground beetle genus native to the Palearctic (including Europe), the Near East, the Nearctic and North Africa. It contains the following species in the following subgenera: * Subgenus Ophonus (Brachyophonus) ** ''Ophonus krueper ..., and subgenus Ophonus (Hesperophonus). References jailensis Beetles described in 1926 {{Ophonus-stub ...
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Ground Beetle
Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan family (biology), family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe. As of 2015, it is one of the 10 most species-rich animal families. They belong to the Adephaga. Members of the family are primarily carnivorous, but some members are phytophagous or omnivorous. Description and ecology Although their body shapes and coloring vary somewhat, most are shiny black or metallic and have ridged wing covers (elytra). The elytra are fused in some species, particularly the large Carabinae, rendering the beetles unable to fly. The species ''Mormolyce phyllodes'' is known as violin beetle due to their peculiarly shaped elytra. All carabids except the quite primitive flanged bombardier beetles (Paussinae) have a groove on their arthropod leg, fore leg tibiae bearing a comb of hairs used for cleaning their antenna (biology), antennae. ...
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