Siagona jenissoni

Siagona jenissoni
	Siagona jenissoni. Museum specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Carabidae
Subfamily:	Siagoninae
Genus:	Siagona
Species:	S. jenissoni
Binomial name
	Siagona jenissoni; Dejean, 1826

Siagona jenissoni is a species of beetles in the family Carabidae.[1]

Description

Siagona jenissoni can reach a length of 15–17 millimetres (0.59–0.67 in).[2] Body is flat with a constriction between the prothorax and mesothorax. Pronotum is densely punctured. Mandibles are short and strong. Males have quite longer trochanters than females. This species is brachypterous.[3]

Biology

These carabids have a stenotopic lifestyle. They live in ground fissures and in darkness for most of their life. They are nocturnal hunters of ants.[3]

Distribution

This species is present in southern Spain, in Portugal and on the coast of Morocco.[3][4]

References

Biolib
Coleo.net
Federica Talarico, Pietro Brandmayr, Anita Giglio, Alessandro Massolo, and Tullia Zetto Brandmayr Morphometry of eyes, antennae and wings in three species of Siagona(Coleoptera, Carabidae)
Fauna europaea

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[1] Biolib

[2] Coleo.net

[AA-3] Federica Talarico, Pietro Brandmayr, Anita Giglio, Alessandro Massolo, and Tullia Zetto Brandmayr Morphometry of eyes, antennae and wings in three species of Siagona(Coleoptera, Carabidae)

[4] Fauna europaea