Trichotichnus dichrous (Dejean, 1829)    
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Arthropoda   >   Class Insecta   >   Order Coleoptera   >   Family Carabidae   >   Genus Trichotichnus   

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"This eastern species is color-dimorphic, a phenomenon rarely seen in North American carabids. While most adults have the head and pronotum reddish-yellow and the elytra much darker, a small number of adults are known to be uniformly piceous. When he described the species, Dejean had a single specimen of the common morph. The strong color contrast between the forebody and elytra prompt him to propose the name dichrous, from the Greek prefix di- (two) and chroma (color of the skin)" (Bousquet, 2012).

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