Omophron nitidum

Omophron nitidum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Carabidae
Genus:	Omophron
Species:	O. nitidum
Binomial name
Omophron nitidum LeConte, 1847
Synonyms
Omophron nitidus LeConte, 1847 Omophron nitens Chaudoir, 1868

Omophron nitidum, the shiny round sand beetle, is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae. ^{[1] [2] [3]} It is found in North America ^[2] within the United States, in areas such as Indiana, Minnesota, Nebraska, Alabama and Texas. Adults are nocturnal, spending their time in burrows and leaf litter during the day. The breeding of O. nitidum takes place from March to December. ^[1]

Shiny Round Sand Beetle, Omophron nitidum, Pryor, OK, USA

References

1. "Omophron nitidum Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
2. "Omophron nitidum Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
3. "Omophron nitidum Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
4. "Images and collection data for Omophron nitidum". Pictures from Earth. Retrieved 2018-02-11.

Further reading

• Arnett, R. H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C., eds. (2000). American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida.
• Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
• Erwin, Terry L. (2007). A Treatise on the Western Hemisphere Caraboidea (Coleoptera): Their classification, distributions, and ways of life. Volume I. Trachypachidae, Carabidae - Nebriiformes 1. Pensoft Publishers. ISBN   978-954-642-2989. ISSN   1312-0174.
• White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
• Bousquet, Y. (2012). "Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera: Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico". ZooKeys (245): 1–1722. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.245.3416 . PMC   3577090 . PMID   23431087.
• Riley, K.; Browne, R. (2011). "Changes in ground beetle diversity and community composition in age structured forests (Coleoptera, Carabidae)". ZooKeys (147): 601–21. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.147.2102 . PMC   3286241 . PMID   22371677.