Halocoryza arenaria

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Halocoryza arenaria
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H. arenaria
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Halocoryza arenaria
Darlington, 1939 [1]

Halocoryza arenaria is a species of brown coloured ground beetle in the subfamily Scaritinae which was described by Darlington in 1939.

Distribution

It is found on Barbados, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, as well as Brazil, and Panama. It is also native to Cameroon. [2] and was recorded from Florida, United States and East coast of Mexico such as Quintana Roo, Puerto Juarez, and Yucatan Peninsula. [3]

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References

  1. "Halocoryza arenaria (Darlington, 1939)". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-09.
  2. Terry L. Erwin (2011). "Halocoryza Alluaud 1919, sea-side beetles of the Indian, Atlantic (sensu lato), and Pacific Oceans: a generic synopsis and description of a remarkable new species from Baja California Sur, México (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Scaritini, Clivinina)". ZooKeys . Pensoft (127): 1–13. Bibcode:2011ZooK..127....1E. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.127.1748 . PMC   3175127 . PMID   21998544.
  3. Whitehead, Donald R. (March 1969). "Variation and Distribution of the Intertidal Beetle Halocoryza arenaria (Darlington) in Mexico and the United States (Coleoptera; Carabidae)". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. University of Alberta. 77 (1): 36–39. JSTOR   25006145.