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Pheropsophus aequinoctialis

Pheropsophus aequinoctialis

Classification

Class
Insecta
Family
Carabidae

Pheropsophus aequinoctialis is a species of ground beetle from Yucatán and Central and South America that feeds as larvae on the eggs of mole crickets but as an adult is a generalist feeder. Distribution Pheropsophus aequinoctialis is the most widespread species in the genus Pheropsophus, with a distribution that stretches from Yucatán (Mexico) in the north to Peru, Bolivia, Uruguay and Catamarca and Jujuy provinces in Argentina in the south. Description As well as being the most widespread, P.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Argentina · 7Brazil · 4France · 3