Siagona jenissoni

Siagona jenissoni
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

  1. ↑ Biolib
  2. ↑ Coleo.net
  3. 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)
  4. ↑ Fauna europaea
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