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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Omophroninae » Omophronini » Round Sand Beetles (Omophron)

Genus Omophron - Round Sand Beetles

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Works Cited

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Adephaga

Family Carabidae (Ground Beetles)

Subfamily Omophroninae

Tribe Omophronini

Genus Omophron (Round Sand Beetles)

Other Common Names

Hunchbacked Beetles

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

revised in (1)

Explanation of Names

Omophron Latreille 1802

Greek 'savage-like'(2)

Numbers

11 spp. in our area (all in the nominate subgenus), ~70 spp. in 2 subgenera total(3)

Size

5-8 mm

Identification

Keys to spp.: NA(1), ne NA(4)(5), SC(6)

Range

NA (Canada to Costa Rica), Eurasia & Africa(3)(7)

Habitat

Wet sand near water(7)

Remarks

adults nocturnal and gregarious, seen mostly running over the sand or burrowing in it (particularly under stones); occasionally run on water. Some come to lights.(7)

Works Cited

1.	A revision of the genus Omophron (Coleoptera: Carabidae) of North America north of Mexico. Benschoter, C.A. and Cook, E.F. 1956. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 49(5): 411-429.

2.	An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera or beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Blatchley, W. S. 1910. Indianapolis,Nature Pub. Co.

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

4.	The Beetles of Northeastern North America, Vol. 1 and 2. Downie, N.M., and R.H. Arnett. 1996. The Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, FL.

5.	Illustrated Identification Guide to Adults and Larvae of Northeastern North American Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) Yves Bousquet. 2010. Pensoft Publishers.

6.	Ground Beetles and Wrinkled Bark Beetles of South Carolina Janet Ciegler. 2000. Clemson University.

7.	American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia Arnett, R.H., Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). 2000. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.

Contributed by Joel Kits on 28 May, 2005 - 5:58pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Beatriz Moisset, Christopher C Wirth, Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 18 July, 2023 - 12:46am

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