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Cychrus tuberculatus
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Identification:
A very large (21 - 25.3 mm) species with a dull black body and appendages. The surface of head and pronotum with thin, raised, irregularly shaped interconnecting ridges. Elytra covered with distinct, shiny tubercles of varied size; the largest tubercles arranged in three or four longitudinal rows.
Range:
Found on the west coast of North America, north to the Queen Charlotte Islands, south to northwestern California and east to the Cascade Range.
Natural History:
Restricted to heavy deciduous and coniferous forests, occurring in leaf litter and under logs on forest floor.
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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