Omophron nitidum, the shiny round sand beetle, is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae.[1][2][3] It is found in North America[2] within the United States, in areas such as Indiana, Minnesota, Nebraska, Alabama and Texas. Adults are nocturnal, spending their time in burrows and leaf litter during the day. The breeding of O. nitidum takes place from March to December.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Genus: | Omophron |
| Species: | O. nitidum
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| Omophron nitidum LeConte, 1847
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References
edit- ^ a b "Omophron nitidum Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
- ^ a b "Omophron nitidum Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
- ^ "Omophron nitidum Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
- ^ "Images and collection data for Omophron nitidum". Pictures from Earth. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
Further reading
edit- Arnett, R. H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C., eds. (2000). American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida.
- Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
- Erwin, Terry L. (2007). A Treatise on the Western Hemisphere Caraboidea (Coleoptera): Their classification, distributions, and ways of life. Volume I. Trachypachidae, Carabidae - Nebriiformes 1. Pensoft Publishers. ISBN 978-954-642-2989. ISSN 1312-0174.
- White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
- Bousquet, Y. (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.
- Riley, K.; Browne, R. (2011). "Changes in ground beetle diversity and community composition in age structured forests (Coleoptera, Carabidae)". ZooKeys (147): 601–21. doi:10.3897/zookeys.147.2102. PMC 3286241. PMID 22371677.
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