Sphaeroderus canadensis

Sphaeroderus canadensis
Nominate subspecies
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Carabidae
Genus:	Sphaeroderus
Species:	S. canadensis
Binomial name
Sphaeroderus canadensis Chaudoir, 1861
Synonyms
Sphaeroderus blanchardiLeng, 1916 Sphaeroderus palpalisMotschulsky, 1866

Sphaeroderus canadensis is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in North America ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} , where it inhabits coniferous, deciduous and mixed forests.

Adults are brachypterous and nocturnal. ^[5]

Subspecies

These two subspecies belong to the species Sphaeroderus canadensis:

• Sphaeroderus canadensis canadensisChaudoir, 1861 (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, Connecticut, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Vermont, West Virginia) - Canadian false snail-eating beetle
• Sphaeroderus canadensis lengiDarlington, 1933 (Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, TN, West Virginia) - Leng's false snail-eating beetle

References

1. "Sphaeroderus canadensis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
2. "Sphaeroderus canadensis". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
3. "Sphaeroderus canadensis species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
4. 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.
5. A Treatise on the Western Hemisphere Caraboidea (Coleoptera)

Further reading

• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2017). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 1: Archostemata - Myxophaga - Adephaga. Apollo Books. ISBN   978-90-04-33029-0.