Cychrus tuberculatus
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Suborder: | Adephaga |
Family: | Carabidae |
Genus: | Cychrus |
Species: | C. tuberculatus
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Binomial name | |
Cychrus tuberculatus Harris, 1839
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Cychrus tuberculatus, the tuberculate rare snail-eating beetle, is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Carabinae.[1] It was described by Thaddeus William Harris in 1839.[1] This species is found in British Columbia, Quebec, California, Oregon and Washington, where it inhabits coniferous forests, forest clearings and moraines.
Adults are brachypterous and nocturnal. They prey on snails.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Cychrus tuberculatus T.W.Harris, 1839". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
- ^ A Treatise on the Western Hemisphere Caraboidea (Coleoptera)