Horn-1871

Guides

• Chlaenius orbus

  Chlaenius orbus is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae, described by George Henry Horn in 1871. The genus Chlaenius is large and diverse, with approximately 1,000 recognized species worldwide, predominantly in the Oriental and Afrotropical regions. Members of this genus are known for their often vivid metallic coloration and defensive chemical secretions. Chlaenius orbus is distributed in North America, specifically recorded from the United States and Mexico.

  ground-beetleCarabidaeColeopteraNorth-AmericaHorn-1871

• Laccophilus quadrilineatus

  Laccophilus quadrilineatus is a species of predaceous diving beetle described by Horn in 1871. It belongs to the family Dytiscidae, a group of aquatic beetles adapted to life in freshwater environments. The species is distributed across North America and the Neotropics. Three subspecies are recognized: L. q. quadrilineatus (the nominate form), L. q. mayae, and L. q. tehuanensis.

  ColeopteraDytiscidaeLaccophiluspredaceous-diving-beetleaquatic-beetleNorth-AmericaNeotropicsHorn-1871

• Pseudataenius socialis

  Pseudataenius socialis is a species of aphodiine dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. It is known from scattered records across the central and southeastern United States. The species was described by Horn in 1871 and is placed in the tribe Eupariini within the subfamily Aphodiinae.

  dung-beetleScarabaeidaeAphodiinaeNorth-AmericaColeopteraEupariiniPseudataeniusUnited-StatesKansasLouisianaNebraskaOklahomaSouth-CarolinaTexasHorn-1871Nearcticendogeicsaprophagoussoil-dwellingscarab-beetlebeetleinsectarthropodanimaleukaryotehexapodpolyphagous-beetlestaphyliniformiascarabaeoideaaphodiineaphodiine-dung-beetlescarabscarabaeidscarabaeoidscarabaeoideanstaphyliniformpolyphagan