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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Carabinae » Cychrini » Small Snail Eating Beetles (Sphaeroderus) » Sphaeroderus stenostomus » Sphaeroderus stenostomus lecontei

Subspecies Sphaeroderus stenostomus lecontei

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Works Cited
slug eater - Sphaeroderus stenostomus Carabidae beetle - Sphaeroderus stenostomus Dead carabid - Sphaeroderus stenostomus 9015951 Sphaerodrus - Sphaeroderus stenostomus Sphaeroderus stenostomus Sphaeroderus stenostomus lecontei - Sphaeroderus stenostomus Sphaeroderus stenostomus lecontei - larva - Sphaeroderus stenostomus Beetle - Sphaeroderus stenostomus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Adephaga
Family Carabidae (Ground Beetles)
Subfamily Carabinae
Tribe Cychrini
Genus Sphaeroderus (Small Snail Eating Beetles)
Species stenostomus (Sphaeroderus stenostomus)
Subspecies lecontei (Sphaeroderus stenostomus lecontei)
Explanation of Names
Sphaeroderus stenostomus lecontei Dejean 1826
Size
12-17 mm(1)
Range
NF-se.MB south to GA-n.AL-ne.MS-e.IA(2)
Habitat
Flightless adults found among rocks and under bark and debris in moist habitats and wetlands(3)
Works Cited
1.Illustrated Identification Guide to Adults and Larvae of Northeastern North American Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
Yves Bousquet. 2010. Pensoft Publishers.
2.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.
3.Beetles of Eastern North America
Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 20 July, 2007 - 6:07am
Additional contributions by v belov, Marci Hess, Thrasher
Last updated 12 November, 2019 - 2:08pm

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