''Loricera aptena'', the wingless springtail-hunter, is a species of

beetle Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...

of the

Carabidae 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 ...

family. This species is found in Mexico (Chihuahua, Durango, Michoacán, Sinaloa), where it inhabits oak/pine/fir forests, pine/oak forests and coniferous forests. Adults are

brachypterous Brachyptery is an anatomical condition in which an animal has very reduced wings. Such animals or their wings may be described as "brachypterous". Another descriptor for very small wings is microptery. Brachypterous wings generally are not functi ...

.A Treatise on the Western Hemisphere Caraboidea (Coleoptera)
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References

aptena Beetles described in 1969 {{Beetle-stub