''Altagonum scapha'' is a species of
ground beetle
Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe. As of 2015, it is one of the 10 most species-rich animal fami ...
in the subfamily
Carabinae
Carabinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following genera:
* ''Aplothorax'' Waterhouse, 1841
* ''Calosoma'' Weber, 1801
*'' Calosoma oregonus'' Gidaspow, 1959
* ''Carabus'' Linnaeus, 1758
* ''Ceroglossus'' Soli ...
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It was described by Darlington in 1952.
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scapha
The auricle or auricula is the visible part of the ear that is outside the head. It is also called the pinna (Latin for "wing" or "fin", plural pinnae), a term that is used more in zoology.
Structure
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Beetles described in 1952
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