Broscus cephalotes (Linnaeus, 1758)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 309

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.245.3416

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scientific name

Broscus cephalotes (Linnaeus, 1758)
status

 

Broscus cephalotes (Linnaeus, 1758)

Carabus cephalotes Linnaeus, 1758: 414. Type locality: «Europa» (original citation), restricted to "Suecia [Sweden]" by Lindroth (1957b: 339). Three possible syntypes in LSL (Lindroth 1957b: 330).

Distribution.

This Palaearctic species is adventive in North America where it is known from Cape Breton Island and eastern Prince Edward Island (Larochelle and Larivière 1989a: Fig. 4). The first inventoried specimen found on this continent was caught in 1987.

Records.

CAN: NS (CBI), PE - Adventive

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Hexapoda

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Carabidae

Genus

Broscus