Perigona nigriceps (Dejean, 1831)Adventive    
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Arthropoda   >   Class Insecta   >   Order Coleoptera   >   Family Carabidae   >   Genus Perigona   

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"While most adventive carabid species have been introduced from Europe, this species, which is now subcosmopolitan, is probably native from southern Asia where it is common around the Indian Ocean. Contrary to European adventive species which have been introduced to North America through ballast and nursery stocks, this species was probably transported around the world among stored products on ships" (Bousquet, 2012).

There are 5 records in the project database.

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A Perigona nigriceps in Frederick Co., Maryland (9/9/2016). Determined by Curt Harden and V. Belov/BugGuide. Photo by Mark Etheridge. (MBP list)

Perigona nigriceps in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (10/5/2017). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. Photo by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)


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