Rhadine (beetle)

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Rhadine
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Rhadine lindrothi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Tribe: Platynini
Genus: Rhadine
LeConte, 1846
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Rhadine lindrothi Barr beetle

Rhadine is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:

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Species

These 53 species belong to the genus Rhadine: [1] [2] [3] [4]

Habitat and ecology

The genus Rhadine as a whole is very widespread. They live in moist and cool environments. An indicator of evolutionary history, it is typically found in southwestern Texas. Several species are only found in mountaintops while others are restricted to deep caves or more general subterranean habitats. However, no food habits are known in any species of the genus Rhadine but the family of carabids are typically predaceous. Carabid beetle species diversity, community composition, and wing-state act as ecological indicators of forest age. The genus therefore, is an appealing group for studying regressive evolution (the reduction or total loss of traits over time) and biogeography. [5]

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References

  1. "Rhadine Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
  2. "Browse Rhadine". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
  3. "Rhadine". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
  4. "Rhadine Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
  5. Gómez, R. Antonio; Reddell, James; Will, Kipling; Moore, Wendy (May 2016). "Up high and down low: Molecular systematics and insight into the diversification of the ground beetle genus Rhadine LeConte". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 98: 161–175. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2016.01.018. PMID   26879711.