Scaphinotus angulatus Harris 1839

Carabidae, Coleoptera, Insecta, Arthropoda, Animalia

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

01 April 1997

Identification Frons with narrow, raised, longitudinal lines; prothorax very convex with a deep central furrow; elytra with 14, deep, regular, punctate striae; male protarsi not dilated; males easily recognized by the broad excavated terminal segment of all palps; head and prothorax deep shiny black with more or less pronounced violaceous or coppery lustred elytra. Range Coastal areas from northwestern Oregon to southwestern British Columbia. Natural History Restricted to heavy "Vancouverian" forests. Both larvae and adults are able to hibernate.

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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