Carabidae, Coleoptera, Insecta, Arthropoda, Animalia
Matthew Denton, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA 98505 USA.
01 April 1997
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Identification
The elytral sculpture consists of longitudinally arranged ridges, tubercles, or foveae, or of confluent wrinkles, never of simple striae or rows of punctures.
Range
Holarctic withNatural History
There are about 500 described species with a center of diversity in Central and East Asia; 13 species are known from North America, of which 3 are European introductions. Pronouncedly synanthropic, restricted to cultivated ground, even in vegetated areas of towns and cities.
References
Kavanaugh, D. H. 1992. Carabid beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae) of the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia. Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences Number 16. California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, USA.
Lindroth, C. H. 1961-1969. The ground beetles (Carabidae excl. Cicindelinae) of Canada and Alaska. Parts 1-6. Opuscula Entomologica xlviii + 1192 pp.
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