Genus Sphaeroderus - Small Snail Eating Beetles

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Remarks · Works Cited

Snail-eating Beetle - Sphaeroderus stenostomus

Sphaeroderus sp. - Sphaeroderus stenostomus

Sphaeroderus (?) with raised spots on elytra - Sphaeroderus schaumii

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)

Explanation of Names

Sphaeroderus Dejean 1826

Numbers

6 spp. (with several sspp.), all in our area(1)

Range

ne.NA to n.GA & e.SK(1) Also known from FL & AR

Remarks

All species are flightless, with wings highly reduced and elytra fused

Works Cited

1.	Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.

Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 29 March, 2005 - 3:43pm
Additional contributions by Peter Messer, ceiseman, v belov, Thrasher
Last updated 21 March, 2024 - 12:27am

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