Laccocenus

Laccocenus
Laccocenus ambiguus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
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.

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. In contrast, Laccocenus vicinus is known only from Deua Cave (in Deua National Park, New South Wales).

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.