Pterostichus lama

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Pterostichus lama
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Pterostichus
Species:
P. lama
Binomial name
Pterostichus lama
(Ménétriés, 1843)

Pterostichus lama or giant woodland ground beetle is a North American species of woodland ground beetle in the family Carabidae. [1] [2] [3] [4] It is found in California, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington in the United States, and in British Columbia in Canada. [4] These large (15-29 mm), flightless black beetles have strong mandibles. They feed on termites and ants. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Pterostichus lama Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ↑ "Pterostichus lama". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. 1 2 Bousquet, Yves (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.
  4. ↑ Will, Kip; Gross, Joyce; Rubinoff, Daniel; Powell, Jerry A. (2020). Field Guide to California Insects. Oakland, California: University of California Press. pp. 198–200. ISBN   9780520288744.

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