Abacetus evulsus

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Abacetus evulsus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Abacetus
Species:
A. evulsus
Binomial name
Abacetus evulsus
Peringuey, 1904

Abacetus evulsus is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Pterostichinae. [1] It was described by Peringuey in 1904. [1]

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Taxonomy and Phylogeny

The species name evulsus is from Latin meaning 'root out'. [2]

The holotype specimen was collected by Sheppard with the collection date on the 12 July 1903. [3] A paratype was also collected by Sheppard on the 1 July 1903. [3] The South African Museum also holds a further three undesignated specimens. [3]

Species key

Description

Distribution and habitat

The species was originally collected from Beira in the Sofala province in Mozambique. [3] No other locations are known.

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Beira
Beira (Mozambique)

References

  1. 1 2 "Abacetus evulsus Péringuey, 1904". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-09.
  2. Whitaker, William (1993–2007). "William Whitaker's Words" . Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 4 M. A. Cochrane (1995). "Coleoptera Type Material in the South African Museum". Annals of the South African Museum . 104: 2270.