Laccocenus

Laccocenus
Laccocenus ambiguus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Carabidae
Subfamily: Psydrinae
Tribe: Psydrini
Genus: Laccocenus
Sloane, 1890

Laccocenus is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. There are two described species in Laccocenus, both found in Eastern Australia.[1][2]

Species

These two species belong to the genus Laccocenus:

Laccocenus ambiguus has a relatively widespread distribution across coastal eastern Australia, after being first described from Dunoon, in the northern extremity of New South Wales.[3] In contrast, Laccocenus vicinus is known only from Deua Cave (in Deua National Park, New South Wales).[4]

References

  1. ^ "Laccocenus Sloane, 1890". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
  2. ^ "Laccocenus". GBIF. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
  3. ^ Sloane, Thomas G. 1890. Studies in Australian Entomology. No. IV. – New genera and species of Carabidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales [2] 5(15): 641–653.
  4. ^ Moore, Barry P. 2004. A new cave-dwelling species of Laccocenus Sloane (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Psydrini) from southern New South Wales. Australian Entomologist 31: 45–48.
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