Poecilus chalcites
{{short description|Species of beetle}}
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|genus = Poecilus
|species = chalcites
|authority = (Say, 1823)
|image = Poecilus chalcites P1190931a.jpg
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Poecilus chalcites is a species of woodland ground beetle in the family Carabidae.{{cite web|title=Poecilus chalcites Species Information|url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/43888|website=BugGuide.net|accessdate=2018-02-12}}{{cite web|title=Poecilus chalcites Report|url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=932232|website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System|accessdate=2018-02-12}}{{cite web|title=Poecilus chalcites Overview|url=http://eol.org/pages/1171006/overview|website=Encyclopedia of Life|accessdate=2018-02-12}} It is found in the Caribbean, Central America, and North America, and is common in cropland of Illinois and other states.{{cite journal|doi=10.18474/0749-8004-40.2.126 |title=Rearing Protocol and Life History Traits for Poecilus chalcites (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in the Laboratory |date=2005 |last1=Wiedenmann |first1=Robert N. |last2=Paradise |first2=Mark S. |last3=Duan |first3=Jian J. |last4=Lundgren |first4=Jonathan G. |journal=Journal of Entomological Science |volume=40 |issue=2 |pages=126–135 }}
Poecilus chalcites is a carnivourous species known to eat various crop pests including Diabrotica virgifera virgifera, Helicoverpa zea, Agrotis ipsilon, and Mythimna unipuncta.
Males and females can be distinguished by the shape of the most proximate foretarsus. In males, it is heart-shaped, but in females it is thinner.
References
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- https://bugguide.net/node/view/43888/bgimage
Further reading
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- {{cite book
|editor-last1 = Arnett |editor-first1 = R.H. Jr.
|editor-last2 = Thomas |editor-first2 = M. C.
|date = 2000
|title = American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia
|publisher = CRC Press
}}
- {{cite book
|last1 = Arnett |first1 = Ross H.
|date = 2000
|title = American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
|publisher = CRC Press
}}
- {{cite journal
|last1 = Bousquet |first1 = Y.
|date = 2012
|title = Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera: Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
|journal = ZooKeys
|issue = 245
|doi = 10.3897/zookeys.245.3416
|doi-access=free
|pmid = 23431087
|pmc = 3577090
|pages = 1–1722
|bibcode = 2012ZooK..245....1B
}}
- {{cite journal
|last1 = Riley |first1 = K.
|last2 = Browne |first2 = R.
|date = 2011
|title = Changes in ground beetle diversity and community composition in age structured forests (Coleoptera, Carabidae)
|journal = ZooKeys
|doi = 10.3897/zookeys.147.2102
|doi-access=free
|pmid = 22371677
|issue = 147
|pmc = 3286241
|pages = 601–21
|bibcode = 2011ZooK..147..601R
}}
- {{cite book
|last1 = White |first1 = Richard E.
|date = 1983
|title = Peterson Field Guides: Beetles
|publisher = Houghton Mifflin
}}
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Category:Beetles described in 1823
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