Carabidae, Coleoptera, Insecta, Arthropoda, Animalia
Matthew Denton, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA 98505 USA.
01 April 1997
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Identification
Small species (5 mm) with well developed eyes; antennae pubescent from the second segment; body color piceous to ferrugineous and nonmetallic; with dense transverse microsculpture.
Range
Holarctic .
Natural History
Forty species represented in North America as well as three species introduced from Europe. Species occur in shady places, and are moderately hygrophilous.
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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