Biology:Omophron nitidum
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Short description: Species of beetle
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Genus: | Omophron |
| Species: | O. nitidum
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| Omophron nitidum LeConte, 1847
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Omophron nitidum, the shiny round sand beetle, is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae.[1][2][3] It is found in North America[2] within the United States , in areas such as Indiana , Minnesota, Nebraska, Alabama and Texas . Adults are nocturnal, spending their time in burrows and leaf litter during the day. The breeding of O. nitidum takes place from March to December.[1]
Shiny Round Sand Beetle, Omophron nitidum, Pryor, OK, USA[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Omophron nitidum Species Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/244741. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Omophron nitidum Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=931881. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
- ↑ "Omophron nitidum Overview". http://eol.org/pages/129789/overview. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
- ↑ "Images and collection data for Omophron nitidum". https://xpda.com/bugs/showQuery.aspx?taxon=Omophron%20nitidum. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
Further reading
- American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida. 2000.
- Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
- Erwin, Terry L. (2007). A Treatise on the Western Hemisphere Caraboidea (Coleoptera): Their classification, distributions, and ways of life. Volume I. Trachypachidae, Carabidae - Nebriiformes 1. Pensoft Publishers. ISBN 978-954-642-2989.
- White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
- Bousquet, Y. (2012). "Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera: Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico". ZooKeys (245): 1–1722. doi:10.3897/zookeys.245.3416. PMID 23431087.
- Riley, K.; Browne, R. (2011). "Changes in ground beetle diversity and community composition in age structured forests (Coleoptera, Carabidae)". ZooKeys (147): 601–21. doi:10.3897/zookeys.147.2102. PMID 22371677.
Wikidata ☰ Q13919290 entry
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