Omophron solidum

Omophron solidum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Carabidae
Genus:	Omophron
Species:	O. solidum
Binomial name
Omophron solidum Casey, 1897
Synonyms
Omophron lawrenceiHatch, 1953

Omophron solidum, the solid round sand beetle, is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae. ^{[1] [2] [3]} It is found in North America ^[2] (California and Oregon), where it inhabits the beaches of water bodies.

Adults are gregarious and nocturnal. During the day, they hide in burrows in the ground. ^[4]

References

1. "Omophron solidum Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-12.
2. "Omophron solidum Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-12.
3. "Omophron solidum Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-12.
4. A Treatise on the Western Hemisphere Caraboidea (Coleoptera)

Further reading

• 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.
• Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C., eds. (2000). American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia. CRC Press.
• Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
• 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.
• White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin.