Siagona jenissoni

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Siagona jenissoni
Siagona jenissoni. Museum specimen
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S. jenissoni
Binomial name
Siagona jenissoni
Dejean, 1826

Siagona jenissoni is a species of beetles in the family Carabidae.[1]

Description[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

This species is present in southern Spain, in Portugal and on the coast of Morocco.[3][4]

References[edit]

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