''Cymindis collaris'' is a species of
ground beetle
Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan family (biology), 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 ...
in the subfamily
Harpalinae
Harpalinae is the largest subfamily of ground beetles, containing more than 19,000 species worldwide.
Biology
This subfamily contains the most apomorphic ground beetles, displaying a wide range of forms and behaviors. The morphology of spe ...
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It was described by
Victor Motschulsky
Victor Ivanovich Motschulsky, sometimes Victor von Motschulsky ( Russian: Виктор Иванович Мочульский; 11 April 1810, St. Petersburg – 5 June 1871, Simferopol) was a Russian entomologist mainly interested in beetles.
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in 1844.
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References
collaris
Beetles described in 1844
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