Biology:Carabus sylvosus
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Short description: Species of beetle
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Genus: | Carabus |
| Species: | C. sylvosus
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| Carabus sylvosus Say, 1823
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Carabus sylvosus, the woodland ground beetle or silvan worm and slug hunter, is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in North America,[1][2][3][4] where it inhabits wooded areas, including deciduous mixed and coniferous forests, as well as orchards.
Adults are brachypterous and nocturnal. They prey on Lepidoptera pupae and scarabaeids.[5]
References
- ↑ "Carabus sylvosus Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=109374. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ↑ "Carabus sylvosus". https://www.gbif.org/species/1036786. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ↑ "Carabus sylvosus species Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/2986. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ↑ Bousquet, Yves (2012). "Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico". ZooKeys (245): 1–1722. doi:10.3897/zookeys.245.3416. PMID 23431087. PMC 3577090. https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=4003.
- ↑ A Treatise on the Western Hemisphere Caraboidea (Coleoptera)
Further reading
- Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 1: Archostemata - Myxophaga - Adephaga. Apollo Books. 2017. ISBN 978-90-04-33029-0.
Wikidata ☰ Q13454625 entry
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