Sericoda quadripunctata explained

Sericoda quadripunctata is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in Europe and Northern Asia (excluding China) and North America.

Biology

S. quadripunctata is pyrophilic and can be extremely abundant in areas that have recently experienced wildfires.^[1] The eggs of S. quadripunctata have a higher rate of survival in recently heat-sterilized soil, mainly due to reduced predation by other soil-dwelling invertebrates.^[2]

Further reading

• Book: Arnett . R.H. Jr.. Thomas . M. C.. 2000. American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia. CRC Press. 978-0849319259.
• Book: Bousquet . Yves. 2010. Illustrated Identification Guide to Adults and Larvae of Northeastern North American Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Pensoft Publishers.
• Book: LeConte . J.L.. 1861. Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Smithsonian Institution. 3. 136. 0665100558. 10.5962/bhl.title.38459. free.
• Riley . K.. Browne . R.. 2011. Changes in ground beetle diversity and community composition in age structured forests (Coleoptera, Carabidae). ZooKeys. 10.3897/zookeys.147.2102. free . 22371677 . 3286241 . 147 . 601–21.
• Book: White. Richard E.. 1998. 1983. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 0395910897. registration.

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Notes and References

1. Koivula . Matti . Cobb . Tyler . Déchêne . Andrea . Jacobs . Joshua . Spence . John . 2006-09-01 . Responses of two Sericoda Kirby, 1837 (Coleoptera: Carabidae) species to forest harvesting, wildfire, and burn severity . Entomologica Fennica . en . 17 . 3 . 315–324 . 10.33338/ef.84351 . 2489-4966. free .
2. Bell . Aaron J. . Calladine . Kiara S. . Wardle . David A. . Phillips . Iain D. . August 2022 . Rapid colonization of the post‐burn environment improves egg survival in pyrophilic ground beetles . Ecosphere . en . 13 . 8 . 10.1002/ecs2.4213 . 2150-8925. free .