Adult ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) collected from tobacco fields and adjacent pastures and woodlands in East Tennessee

Author

C. Dayton Hylton

Date of Award

6-1980

Degree Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science

Major

Agricultural Biology

Major Professor

Charles D. Pless

Committee Members

R.R. Gerhardt, M.L. Pan

Abstract

Seasonal activity-abundance of 106 species in 48 genera of ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) was based on pitfall trapping records from tobacco fields, pastures, and woodlands in eastern Tennessee. Sixteen species of Carabinae and one species of Cicindelinae were considered abundant. Populations of Harpalus pennsylvanicus DeGeer comprised 30.6%. of the total collections. No significant differences in numbers of ground beetles were observed between carbofuran treated and untreated tobacco fields.

Recommended Citation

Hylton, C. Dayton, "Adult ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) collected from tobacco fields and adjacent pastures and woodlands in East Tennessee. " Master's Thesis, University of Tennessee, 1980.
https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes/7746