Loricera Rotundicollis
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''Loricera rotundicollis'', the round-collared 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 Guatemala and Mexico, where it inhabits higher, dry ground in cloud, oak and oak-pine forests. Adults are wing-dimorphic, with most being
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 ...
, but some macropterous individuals.A Treatise on the Western Hemisphere Caraboidea (Coleoptera)
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rotundicollis Beetles described in 1863 {{Beetle-stub