Carabus sylvosus
| Carabus sylvosus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Genus: | Carabus |
| Species: | C. sylvosus |
| Binomial name | |
| 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
[edit]- ↑ "Carabus sylvosus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ↑ "Carabus sylvosus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ↑ "Carabus sylvosus species Information". BugGuide.net. 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. PMC 3577090. PMID 23431087.
- ↑ A Treatise on the Western Hemisphere Caraboidea (Coleoptera)
Further reading
[edit]- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2017). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 1: Archostemata - Myxophaga - Adephaga. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-33029-0.
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