Biology:Sphaeroderus canadensis
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Short description: Species of beetle
| Sphaeroderus canadensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Genus: | Sphaeroderus |
| Species: | S. canadensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Sphaeroderus canadensis Chaudoir, 1861
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Sphaeroderus canadensis is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in North America[1][2][3][4], where it inhabits coniferous, deciduous and mixed forests.
Adults are brachypterous and nocturnal.[5]
Subspecies
These two subspecies belong to the species Sphaeroderus canadensis:
- Sphaeroderus canadensis canadensis Chaudoir, 1861 (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, Connecticut, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Vermont, West Virginia) - Canadian false snail-eating beetle
- Sphaeroderus canadensis lengi Darlington, 1933 (Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, TN, West Virginia) - Leng's false snail-eating beetle
References
- ↑ "Sphaeroderus canadensis Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=109420. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ↑ "Sphaeroderus canadensis". https://www.gbif.org/species/1036731. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ↑ "Sphaeroderus canadensis species Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/478888. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ↑ 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 ☰ Q14370297 entry
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