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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Genus: | Pterostichus |
| Species: | P. lama
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| Pterostichus lama (Ménétriés, 1843)
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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
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