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词条 Acanthoscelis
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  1. Description

  2. Ecology

  3. References

{{Taxobox
|image = Acanthoscelis - Print - Iconographia Zoologica - Special Collections University of Amsterdam - UBAINV0274 010 18 0007.tif
|regnum = Animalia
|phylum = Arthropoda
|classis = Insecta
|ordo = Coleoptera
|familia = Carabidae
|genus = Acanthoscelis
|genus_authority = Dejean, 1825
|species = A. ruficornis
|binomial = Acanthoscelis ruficornis
|binomial_authority = (Fabricius, 1801)
}}Acanthoscelis ruficornis, Beach ground beetle[1] is a species of ground beetle in the Scaritinae subfamily, the only species in the genus Acanthoscelis.[2]

Description

A. ruficornis is {{convert|18|mm}} 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.[1]

Ecology

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.[1]

References

1. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s4ke5JwbTI0C&pg=PA188&dq=Acanthoscelis+ruficornis#v=onepage|author1=Mike Picker |author2=Charles Griffiths |author3=Alan Weaving |title=Field Guide to Insects of South Africa|editor=Jeanne Hromnick|orig-year=2002|year=2004|publisher=Stuik Publishers/New Holland Publishers|page=188|isbn=1-77007-061-3}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://carabidae.org/taxa/acanthoscelis-dejean-1825|title=Acanthoscelis Dejean, 1825|work=Carabidae of the World|accessdate=March 4, 2015}}
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1 : Scaritinae

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