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Pseudomorpha cronkhitei
| Pseudomorpha cronkhitei | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Beetle |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Genus: | Pseudomorpha |
| Species: | P. cronkhitei |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudomorpha cronkhitei Horn, 1867 | |
Description
This species may be readily known by its smoothness, being almost entirely free from punctures, except near the lateral margin of the thorax, where but few exist. The thorax is scarcely broader than the elytra, slightly emarginate in front, truncate behind, sides ciliate with short hairs, margin broader anteriorly. Elytra impunctured, subparallel, slightly ciliate. Beneath ferruginous. The third, fourth and fifth abdominal segments have each a transverse pilose spot near the middle, which may indicate sexual differences. The specimens in my collection, three in number, are all alike and exhibit among themselves no differences of a sexual nature.
I dedicate the species with great pleasure to Dr. Cronkhite, whose liberality has aided me greatly in the study of the Coleoptera of California and Oregon. The discovery of a species of this genus in California is remarkable and adds another fact to the already inexplicable law of distribution of genera in Australia, South America and California.
Orig. comb.: Pseudomorpha cronkhitei Type status: Holotype Sex/stage: Adult MCZ Type No.: MCZT_7381 Label verbatim: United States: California, [no specific locality data], 1 January 1700 - 31 December 1867 7108
Distribution
Tulare County, California.—Coll. C. Schaeffer. This species is known from Inyo (Horn, 1867b:151) and Tulare (Notman 1925:21) Counties in California.