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Acupalpus meridianus

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Acupalpus meridianus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Subfamily: Harpalinae
Tribe: Harpalini
Genus: Acupalpus
Species:
A. meridianus
Binomial name
Acupalpus meridianus
(Linnaeus, 1760)

Acupalpus meridianus is an insect-eating ground beetle of the genus Acupalpus found in western Canada.[1] Until 1988, it was only identified in the southern portion of Vancouver Island, but has since spread as far west as Edmonton.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Pollock, Darren A. (June 1991). "NOTES ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF, AND RANGE EXTENSION FOR, ACUPALPUS MERIDIANUS (LINNÉ) (COLEOPTERA: CARABIDAE)". The Canadian Entomologist. 123 (3): 705–706. doi:10.4039/Ent123705-3. ISSN 1918-3240. S2CID 84805533.
  2. ^ Spence, John R.; Spence, D. Hughes (1988). "Of Ground-Beetles and Men: Introduced Species and the Synanthropic Fauna of Western Canada". The Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada. 120 (S144): 151–168. doi:10.4039/entm120144151-1. ISSN 0071-075X.