Subspecies Cychrus hemphillii hemphillii - Cychrus hemphilli hemphilli

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited

Cychrus h. hemphillii - Cychrus hemphillii - female

Cychrus hemphillii hemphilli? - Cychrus hemphillii

Cychrus hemphilii - Cychrus hemphillii - female

Cychrus hemphillii Horn, 1879 - Cychrus hemphillii - male

Cychrus hemphillii Horn, 1879 - Cychrus hemphillii - female

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 Cychrus (Rare Snail-eating Beetles)

Species hemphillii (Cychrus hemphillii)

Subspecies hemphillii (Cychrus hemphilli hemphilli)

Explanation of Names

Cychrus hemphilli hemphilli G. Horn 1878

Size

13.0-19.0 mm [avg. 16.0 mm](1)

Identification

Smaller than rickseckeri, average length 16.0 mm., range from 13.0 to 19.0 mm.; surface of elytra irregularly sculptured, with scattered punctures and unevenly shaped tegulae (or tubercles).(1)

Range

se. ID & nw. UT. Type locality, Wasatch Mountains near Ogden, Utah.(1)

Habitat

Uplands to mountains, 1676-3350 meters altitude, in forests or brushy forest fragments growing along rivers in canyons. Also, found in mixed coniferous forest with Populus and Abies. Microhabitat: On shaded rather dry ground with dense vegetation.

Season

Late spring through fall.

Food

Nocturnal predator on snails and slugs.

Life Cycle

Larvae hibernate.

Remarks

I have seen specimens from several locations in northern Utah that extend its published range. -Jon Quist

Internet References

http://canopy.lifedesks.org/pages/388

Works Cited

1.	Revision of ground beetles of American genus Cychrus and four subgenera of genus Scaphinotus (Coleoptera, Carabidae) T. Gidaspow. 1973. Bull. AMNH 152(2): 51-102.

Contributed by v belov on 20 August, 2012 - 9:20am
Additional contributions by Jon Quist
Last updated 20 September, 2020 - 10:04am

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