Species Somotrichus unifasciatus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Habitat · Food · Works Cited

Somotrichus unifasciatus (Dejean) - Somotrichus unifasciatus

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Small carabid - Somotrichus unifasciatus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Adephaga

Family Carabidae (Ground Beetles)

Subfamily Harpalinae

Supertribe Harpalitae

Tribe Lebiini

Subtribe Pericalina

Genus Somotrichus

Species unifasciatus (Somotrichus unifasciatus)

Explanation of Names

Somotrichus unifasciatus (Dejean 1831)

Range

Native to Africa(1), now cosmopolitan; in our area, se. US (NC-FL-TX-AR, AZ)(2)(BG Data)

Habitat

Found in bat guano in a cave; poultry houses

Food

preys on beetles in stored products, avian droppings(1)

Works Cited

1.	Alien terrestrial arthropods of Europe Roques A., Kenis M., Lees D., Lopez-Vaamonde C., Rabitsch W., Rasplus J.-Y., Roy D., eds. 2010. BioRisk 4 Special Issue; 2 vols., 1028 pp.

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

Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 10 February, 2011 - 11:09am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Peter Messer, v belov
Last updated 3 November, 2022 - 9:12pm

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