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Sphaeroderus schaumii

Sphaeroderus schaumii, commonly known as Schaum's ground beetle, is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in North America, where it inhabits deciduous forests.

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Schaum's ground beetle
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Sphaeroderus
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S. schaumii
Binomial name
Sphaeroderus schaumii
Chaudoir, 1861

Sphaeroderus schaumii, commonly known as Schaum's ground beetle, is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in North America1234 (Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia), where it inhabits deciduous forests.

Adults are brachypterous and nocturnal. They prey on snails.5

References

References

  1. "Sphaeroderus schaumii Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  2. "Sphaeroderus schaumii". 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)
Further reading

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.