Galerita americana

Galerita
Galerita americana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Carabidae
Genus:	Galerita
Binomial name
Galerita americana (Linnaeus, 1758)

Galerita americana is a species of beetles in the family Carabidae. It is native to Central and South America (Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica, French Guiana, Guatemala, Panama, Paraguay, Surinam and Venezuela).^[1]

Description

Head very long, black, with a red brown spot on the middle. Antennae dark brown, the basal joint being longest, thickest, and lightest coloured; the others are nearly of equal length; the whole being a little longer than the elytra. Neck distinct and black. Thorax light red brown, and almost oval, about the length of the head, and a little broader; it is also a little margined, and next the body truncate. Scutellum minute, black, and triangular. Elytra black, margined and furrowed, oval next the thorax, but more square at their extremities, and not covering the anus. Abdomen black. Breast light red brown; as are all the legs. The basal joints of the posterior tarsi are very long. Length of body ¾ inch (19 mm).^[2]

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