species: Unidentified ground beetle 5 in Lizard Island Field Guide (Lizard Island Field Guide)
Unidentified ground beetle 5


©Darko D. Cotoras and John J. McCormack: Unidentified ground beetle 5 from Lizard Island Research Station.

©Darko D. Cotoras and John J. McCormack: Unidentified ground beetle 5 from Lizard Island Research Station.

©Darko D. Cotoras and John J. McCormack: Unidentified ground beetle 5 from Lizard Island Research Station.
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Insecta
Order Coleoptera
Family Carabidae
Species Unidentified ground beetle 5

Distinguishing features

This species was reported by McCormack and Cotoras (2021) as a species in the subfamily Pseudomorpinae. Subsequently, David H. Kavanaugh (California Academy of Sciences; through Darko Cotoras) has determined that it is a species within genus Sphalomorpha based on photographs of one specimen, shown here.

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

Wingspan

  • Wingspan data is not yet available.

Synonyms

Distribution

Web resources

References

  • McCormack, J.J. and D.D. Cotoras (2021). Beetle diversity across micro-habitats on Lizard Island Group (Great Barrier Reef, Australia). Zoological Studies, 60: 12. LIRS catalog number LIRS 2474.