Sphaeroderus indianae

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Sphaeroderus indianae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Sphaeroderus
Species:
S. indianae
Binomial name
Sphaeroderus indianae
(Blatchley, 1910)
Synonyms
  • Cychrus indianaeBlatchley, 1910

Sphaeroderus indianae, the Indiana false snail-eating beetle, is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in North America [1] [2] [3] [4] (Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia), where it inhabits forests.

Adults are brachypterous. [5]

References

  1. "Sphaeroderus indianae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  2. "Sphaeroderus indianae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  3. 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. A Treatise on the Western Hemisphere Caraboidea (Coleoptera)

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