Carabus sylvosus

Carabus sylvosus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Carabus
Species:
C. sylvosus
Binomial name
Carabus sylvosus
Say, 1823
Synonyms
  • Carabus lherminieri Dejean, 1826

Carabus sylvosus, the woodland ground beetle or silvan worm and slug hunter, is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in North America,[1][2][3][4] where it inhabits wooded areas, including deciduous mixed and coniferous forests, as well as orchards.

Adults are brachypterous and nocturnal. They prey on Lepidoptera pupae and scarabaeids.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Carabus sylvosus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ^ "Carabus sylvosus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  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

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