Sample 7, Nightingale Estate pit, Hackney: Middle Pleistocene, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Dytiscidae
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Hygrotus decoratus
(Gyllenhal 1810)
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1 individual | |||||||||
recombined as Clemnius (Clemnius) decoratus | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Carabidae
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Dyschirius globosus
(Herbst 1784)
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3 individuals | |||||||||
recombined as Dyschiriodes globosus | ||||||||||
Bembidion cf. tetracolum
(Say 1823)
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1 individual | |||||||||
recombined as Bembidion (Peryphus) tetracolum | ||||||||||
Bembidion doris
(Panzer 1797)
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1 individual | |||||||||
recombined as Bembidion (Trepanedoris) doris | ||||||||||
Bembidion lampros
(Herbst 1784)
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3 individuals | |||||||||
recombined as Bembidion (Metallina) lampros | ||||||||||
Bembidion punctulatum
(Drapiez 1821)
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1 individual | |||||||||
recombined as Bembidion (Princidium) punctulatum | ||||||||||
Bembidion quadrimaculatum
(Linnaeus 1761)
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1 individual | |||||||||
recombined as Bembidion (Bembidion) quadrimaculatum | ||||||||||
Bembidion elongatum
(Dejean 1831)
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1 individual | |||||||||
recombined as Sinechostictus (Sinechostictus) elongatus | ||||||||||
Trechus quadristriatus
(Schrank 1781)
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3 individuals | |||||||||
Platynus ruficornis
(De Geer 1774)
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1 individual | |||||||||
= Paranchus albipes
Fabricius 1794
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Bousquet 2012 | |||||||||
Green et al. used "Carabus ruficornis" sensu Goeze not De Geer | ||||||||||
Pterostichus melanarius
(Illiger 1798)
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1 individual | |||||||||
Pterostichus niger
(Schaller 1783)
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1 individual | |||||||||
Pterostichus strenuus
(Panzer 1797)
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1 individual | |||||||||
Abax parallelus
(Duftschmid 1812)
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1 individual | |||||||||
Poecilus kugelanni
(Panzer 1797)
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1 individual | |||||||||
Calathus fuscipes
(Goeze 1777)
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1 individual | |||||||||
Zabrus tenebricosus
(Goeze 1777)
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1 individual | |||||||||
recombined as Zabrus tenebrioides | ||||||||||
Amara aenea
(De Geer 1774)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
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Haliplus sp.
Latreille 1802
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1 individual | |||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Gyrinidae
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Orectochilus villosus
(Müller 1776)
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1 individual | |||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Hydrophilidae
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Cercyon melanocephalus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 individual | |||||||||
Megasternum boletophagum
(Marsham 1802)
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4 individuals | |||||||||
Coelostoma orbiculare
(Fabricius 1775)
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1 individual | |||||||||
Sphaeridium scarabaeoides
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 individual | |||||||||
Hydrophilus caraboides
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 individual | |||||||||
recombined as Hydrochara caraboides | ||||||||||
Georissus crenulatus
(Rossi 1794)
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1 individual | |||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Helophoridae
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Helophorus sp.
(Fabricius 1775)
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1 individual | |||||||||
original and current combination Elophorus | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Staphylinidae
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Stenus spp.
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7 individuals | |||||||||
Stilicus cf. similis
Erichson 1839
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1 individual | |||||||||
Xantholinus sp.
Dejean 1821
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1 individual | |||||||||
Gyrophynus punctulatus
(Paykull 1789)
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1 individual | |||||||||
recombined as Gyrohypnus punctulatus | ||||||||||
Pselaphaulax dresdensis
(Herbst 1791)
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1 individual | |||||||||
Pselaphus heisei
Herbst 1791
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1 individual | |||||||||
Bryaxis sp.
Kugelann 1794
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1 individual | |||||||||
Platystethus cornutus
(Gravenhorst 1802)
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4 individuals | |||||||||
Platystethus nodifrons
Mannerheim 1830
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1 individual | |||||||||
Trogophloeus sp.
Mannerheim 1830
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1 individual | |||||||||
synonym of Carpelimus | ||||||||||
Oxytelus laqueatus
(Marsham 1802)
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1 individual | |||||||||
Oxytelus rugosus
(Fabricius 1775)
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1 individual | |||||||||
recombined as Anotylus rugosus | ||||||||||
Oxytelus tetratoma
Czwalina 1870
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1 individual | |||||||||
recombined as Anotylus tetratoma | ||||||||||
Aleocharinae indet.
(Fleming 1821)
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1 individual | |||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Hydraenidae
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Limnebius sp.
Leach 1815
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Hydraena sp.
Kugelann 1794
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5 specimens | |||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Histeridae
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Hister sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 individual | |||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Scarabaeidae
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Caccobius schreberi
(Linnaeus 1767)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
Melalontha melalontha
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 individual | |||||||||
recombined as Melolontha melolontha | ||||||||||
Heptaulacus sus
(Herbst 1783)
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1 individual | |||||||||
Heptaulacus cf. testudinarius
(Fabricius 1775)
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1 individual | |||||||||
Aphodius spp.
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12 individuals | |||||||||
Pleurophorus caesus
(Creutzer 1796)
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1 individual | |||||||||
Cetonia sp.
Fabricius 1775
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1 individual | |||||||||
Onthophagus fracticornis
(Preyssler 1790)
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9 individuals | |||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Lucanidae
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Lucanus cervus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 individual | |||||||||
Dorcus parallelipipedus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 individual | |||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Chrysomelidae
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Macroplea appendiculata
(Panzer 1794)
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1 individual | |||||||||
Haltica sp.
(Geoffroy 1762)
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1 individual | |||||||||
original and current combination Altica | ||||||||||
Chaetocnema sp.
Stephens 1831
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1 individual | |||||||||
Agelastica alni
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 individual | |||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Cerambycidae
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Cerambycidae indet.
(Latreille 1802)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
Cerambicini | ||||||||||
"larval jaws indet." | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Brentidae
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Apion sp.
Herbst 1797
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1 individual | |||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Curculionidae
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Otiorhynchus ovatus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 individual | |||||||||
recombined as Otiorhynchus (Pendragon) ovatus | ||||||||||
Sitona sp.
Germar 1817
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1 individual | |||||||||
Sitona flavescens
(Marsham 1802)
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1 individual | |||||||||
Strophosoma faber
(Herbst 1784)
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1 individual | |||||||||
Polydrusus sp.
Germar 1817
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6 individuals | |||||||||
Phyllobius sp.
Schoenher 1824
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1 individual | |||||||||
Trachyphloeus sp.
Germar 1817
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1 individual | |||||||||
Hypera sp.
Germar 1817
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1 individual | |||||||||
Bagous sp.
Germar 1817
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2 individuals | |||||||||
Curculio venosus
(Gravenhorst 1807)
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1 individual | |||||||||
Anthonomus sp.
Germar 1817
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1 individual | |||||||||
Leperisinus varius
(Fabricius 1775)
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1 individual | |||||||||
recombined as Hylesinus varius | ||||||||||
Hylesinus crenatus
(Fabricius 1787)
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1 individual | |||||||||
Hylesinus oleiperda
(Fabricius 1792)
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1 individual | |||||||||
synonym of Hylesinus toranio | ||||||||||
Scolytus multistriatus
(Marsham 1802)
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1 individual | |||||||||
Rhynchaenus quercus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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9 individuals | |||||||||
Stenoscelis submuricatus
(Schoenherr 1832)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Latridiidae
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Corticarina sp.
Reitter 1881
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2 individuals | |||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Nitidulidae
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Epuria sp.
(Erichson 1843)
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1 individual | |||||||||
original and current combination Epuraea | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Helodidae
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Helodidae indet.
(Shuckard 1839)
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3 individuals | |||||||||
synonym of Scirtidae | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Byrrhidae
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Byrrhus sp.
Linnaeus 1767
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1 individual | |||||||||
Pelochares versicolor
(Waltl 1833)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Elmidae
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Macronychus quadrituberculatus
Muller 1806
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2 individuals | |||||||||
Esolus parallelepipedus
(Muller 1806)
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1 individual | |||||||||
Limnius volckmari
(Panzer 1793)
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10 individuals | |||||||||
Normandia nitens
(Muller 1817)
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12 individuals | |||||||||
recombined as Riolus nitens | ||||||||||
Oulimnius tuberculatus
(Muller 1806)
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1 individual | |||||||||
Oulimnius troglodytes
(Gyllenhal 1827)
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34 individuals | |||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Limnichidae
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Limnichus pygmaeus
(Sturm 1807)
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1 individual | |||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Dryopidae
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Helichus substriatus
(Muller 1806)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
recombined as Pomatinus substriatus | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Throscidae
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Throscus sp.
Latreille 1796
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1 individual | |||||||||
synonym of Trixagus | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Elateridae
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Melanotus rufipes
(Herbst 1784)
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1 individual | |||||||||
Melanotus niger
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 individual | |||||||||
sensu Fabricius 1792, nec Linnaeus 1758 | ||||||||||
= Melanotus punctolineatus
Pelerin 1829
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Barsevskis 2005 | |||||||||
Agriotes obscurus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 individual | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United Kingdom |
Coordinates: | 51.6° North, 0.1° West (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 51.6° North, 0.1° West |
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
Stage: | Chibanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
Key time interval: | Middle Pleistocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 0.77400 - 0.12900 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Highbury Silts and Sands | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: MIS 9. 64-74 cm below top of organic deposit. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | unlithified carbonaceous sandstone | ||
Environment: | fine channel fill | Tectonic setting: | non-subsiding area |
Geology comments: The sediments were laid down during the infilling of a depression on the floodplain of a large river. The site of deposition appears to have been a water body throughout the period of sedimentation with most of the infill deposited as a succession of sand-rich pulses from floodwater inflow from a nearby main channel of the river. Intervals of quiet-water sedimentation become more common and more sustained upward and the sedimentological and fossil evidence suggests that the water body was changing progressively in character. The dominance of running-water species in the insect fauna even in the upper part of the sequence suggests that the water body continued to serve as a subsidiary channel on the floodplain rather than becoming an enclosed pond. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 168267 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2015-04-18 11:36:10 | Last modified: | 2015-04-18 11:36:10 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-04-18 11:36:10 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
54749. | C. P. Green, N. P. Branch, G. R. Coope, M. H. Field, D. H. Keen, J. M. Wells, J. L. Schwenninger, R. C. Preece, D. C. Schreve, M. G. Canti, and C. P. Gleed-Owen. 2006. Marine Isotope Stage 9 environments of fluvial deposits at Hackney, north London, UK. Quaternary Science Reviews 25:89-113 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
56411 | A. Barsevskis. 2005. Catalogue of click–beetles (Coleoptera: Elateridae) of Latvia. Proceedings on Taxonomy and Faunistics of Beetles (Coleoptera) Dedicated to the 100th Birthday of the Latvian Entomologist Mihails Stiprais (1905 - 1990) 7-28 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
50873 | Y. Bousquet. 2012. Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico. ZooKeys 245:1-1722 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |