Coleoptera: Pterostichus algidus

Pterostichus algidus Leconte 1852

Carabidae, Coleoptera, Insecta, Arthropoda, Animalia

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

01 April 1997

Identification

Last tarsal segment with stiff, erect setae on underside; prothorax is convex having sides with long, shallow sinuation; head and pronotum moderately shiny; body, femora, tibia dull black; tarsi, antennae and palpi rufous to piceous.

Range

Found on west coastal North America, from Oregon to Kodiak Island, Alaska.

Natural History

Occurs at low to middle elevations and is a less pronounced forest species than its relatives, occuring in open country with rich vegetaion. On TESC campus this was the second most abundant carabid in the fall; found in mixed, conifer and broadleaf woods and synanthropic 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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