Rhadine ozarkensis is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3][4]

Rhadine ozarkensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Rhadine
Species:
R. ozarkensis
Binomial name
Rhadine ozarkensis
Sanderson & Miller, 1941

Discovery

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In the 1940s, a new species of ground beetle belonging to the genus Rhadine, was discovered by Milton W. Sanderson from the University of Arkansas and Fayetteville and Albert Miller, Tulane University. This is the second species of the genus to be recorded from caves, the first having been described from Carlsbad Cavern in New Mexico by Benedict (1927). It has an elongated body, elongated head which is widest across the eyes, three-fourths as wide as pronotum, and two or three shallow longitudinal grooves nearly parallel to the antennal ridge.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Rhadine ozarkensis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. ^ "Rhadine ozarkensis". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. ^ Bousquet, Yves (2012). "Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico". ZooKeys (245): 1–1722. doi:10.3897/zookeys.245.3416. PMC 3577090. PMID 23431087.
  4. ^ Sanderson, Milton; Miller, Albert (1 January 1941). "New Species of Ground Beetle of the Genus Rhadine from an Arkansas Cave (Coleoptera: Carabidae)". Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science. 1 (1): 39–40.

Further reading

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  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2017). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 1: Archostemata - Myxophaga - Adephaga. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-33029-0.