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Omophron aequale
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Omophron
Species:
O. aequale
Binomial name
Omophron aequale
Morawitz, 1863
Subspecies

O. a. aequale Morawitz, 1863
O. a. jacobsoni Semenov, 1922

Omophron aequale is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is distributed in East Asia.[1]

The species is very similar to Omophron limbatum. Although the puncturation (the arrangement of punctures) on the pronotum of O. aequale is a little finer than that of O. limbatum, it is denser.[1] The species also has denser and coarser puncturation on the side margins of the first two sternites.[1]

Omophron aequale is divided into 2 subspecies: O. aequale aequale and O. aequale jacobsoni.[1]

O. aequale aequale has a length between 6.4 and 7.2 mm and a width between 4.2 and 4.4 mm. It is distributed in Japan and Sakhalin Island, Russia.[1]

O. aequale jacobsoni has a length between 6.5 and 6.9 mm and a width between 4.1 and 4.5 mm. It is distributed in China (Guandong, Guanxi, Hainan, Jiangsu, Nei Mongol, Sichuan, Shanki, Yunnan, and Zhejiang), Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and eastern Russia.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Valainis, Uldis (2010). "A review of the genus Omophron Latreille, 1802 (Coleoptera: Carabidae) Palearctic fauna and distribution". Baltic Journal of Coleopterology. 10 (2): 105–128.

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