Genus Cychrus Fabricius 1794

Carabidae, Coleoptera, Insecta, Arthropoda, Animalia

Matthew Denton, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA 98505 USA.

01 April 1997

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Identification

Species have four setae on anterior margin of labrum; elytra coarsely sculptured with protruding shiny tubercles at least in apical half.

Range

Holarctic with two species in North America, one along the Pacific coast and the other in the central Rocky Mountains.

Natural History

Members of this genus feed on snails, slugs and other foraged prey. Found in forested habitats.

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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