Sphaeroderus bicarinatus

Sphaeroderus bicarinatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Carabidae
Genus:	Sphaeroderus
Species:	S. bicarinatus
Binomial name
Sphaeroderus bicarinatus (LeConte, 1853)
Synonyms
Sphaeroderus multicarinatus Darlington, 1931 Cychrus bicarinatus LeConte, 1853 (established)

Sphaeroderus bicarinatus, the two-ridged false snail-eating beetle, is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae. ^{[1] [2] [3]} It is found in North America ^[2] (Alabama, Geordia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee), where it inhabits coniferous, deciduous and mixed forests near rivers and brooks or the seashore.

Adults are brachypterous and mostly nocturnal. They prey on snails, Lepidoptera caterpillars and pupae. ^[4]

References

1. "Sphaeroderus bicarinatus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
2. "Sphaeroderus bicarinatus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
3. "Sphaeroderus bicarinatus Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
4. A Treatise on the Western Hemisphere Caraboidea (Coleoptera)

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, FL.
• Arnett, Ross H. (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN   978-0-8493-0212-1.
• 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. pp. 323 + 22 plates. 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): 601–621. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.147.2102 . PMC   3286241 . PMID   22371677.