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Beach Ground Beetle
Acanthoscelis ruficornis
Acanthoscelis ruficornis, the beach ground beetle, is a species of ground beetle in the Scaritinae subfamily, the only species in the genus Acanthoscelis.
From the article Acanthoscelis on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
A. ruficornis is 18 millimetres (0.71 in) long and have black coloured legs and reddish tarsi. Its head and thorax are wrinkled while its antennae is of the same colour as its tarsi. It also have front tibia which is broad and flattened.
Range & habitat
A. ruficornis are found in Namibia and South Africa, on the coast.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
What it does
When it comes to feeding, A. ruficornis is a night predator. During that time he feeds on various species of Isopoda and Amphipoda as well as both adult and larva insects. It inhabits beaches where there is plenty of sand and hides under seaweeds.
Wikipedia: “Ecology”
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Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 646525.