Pterostichus lama
Appearance
Pterostichus lama | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Carabidae |
Genus: | Pterostichus |
Species: | P. lama
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Binomial name | |
Pterostichus lama (Ménétriés, 1843)
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Pterostichus lama or giant woodland ground beetle is a North American species of woodland ground beetle in the family Carabidae.[1][2][3][4] It is found in California, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington in the United States, and in British Columbia in Canada.[4] These large (15-29 mm), flightless black beetles have strong mandibles. They feed on termites and ants.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Pterostichus lama Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Pterostichus lama". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Pterostichus lama species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ a b Bousquet, Yves (2012). "Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico". ZooKeys (245): 1–1722. doi:10.3897/zookeys.245.3416. PMC 3577090. PMID 23431087.
- ^ Will, Kip; Gross, Joyce; Rubinoff, Daniel; Powell, Jerry A. (2020). Field Guide to California Insects. Oakland, California: University of California Press. pp. 198–200. ISBN 9780520288744.
Further reading
[edit]- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2017). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 1: Archostemata - Myxophaga - Adephaga. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-33029-0.
External links
[edit]- Media related to Pterostichus lama at Wikimedia Commons