Dyschirius thoracicus
Taxonomy
- Adephaga
- Carabidae
- Dyschirius
- Dyschirius
- Dyschirius thoracicus
Dyschirius obscurus
Taxonomy
- Adephaga
- Carabidae
- Dyschirius
- Dyschirius
- Dyschirius obscurus
Description
Size: 3.5-4.5mm
Basic colour: Uniformaly brassy black, surfaced dulled by fine microsculpture.
Leg colour: Dark brown or black.
Confusion species: Dyschirius thoracicus
Basic colour: Uniformaly brassy black, surfaced dulled by fine microsculpture.
Leg colour: Dark brown or black.
Confusion species: Dyschirius thoracicus
Extremly local - Sussex, Kent and Norfolk in England. Lough Neagh in Ireland. Sometimes abundant.
Biology
Status: Possibly a recent introduction or reintroduction from Europe into south-east England.
RDB Category: Endangered
Habitat: On damp bare sand near standing water in gravel pits and lakes.
RDB Category: Endangered
Habitat: On damp bare sand near standing water in gravel pits and lakes.
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Dyschirius extensus
Taxonomy
- Adephaga
- Carabidae
- Dyschirius
- Dyschiriodes
- Dyschirius extensus
Description
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Dyschirius impunctipennis
Taxonomy
- Adephaga
- Carabidae
- Dyschirius
- Dyschiriodes
- Dyschirius impunctipennis
Description
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Dyschirius globosus
Taxonomy
- Adephaga
- Carabidae
- Dyschirius
- Dyschiriodes
- Dyschirius globosus
Description
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Drypta dentata
RDB Category
Endangered
Size
7-8.5mm
Basic colour
Shining blue or green metallic.
Leg colour
Brown.
Dromius quadrimaculatus
Taxonomy
- Adephaga
- Carabidae
- Dromius
- Dromius quadrimaculatus
Description
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Dyschirius angustatus
Taxonomy
- Adephaga
- Carabidae
- Dyschirius
- Dyschirius
- Dyschirius angustatus
Description
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Dyschirius aeneus
Taxonomy
- Adephaga
- Carabidae
- Dyschirius
- Dyschiriodes
- Dyschirius aeneus
Description
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Drypta dentata
Taxonomy
- Adephaga
- Carabidae
- Drypta
- Drypta dentata
Description
Size: 7-8.5mm
Basic colour: Shining blue or green metallic.
Pronotoum: Elongate and narrower than the head, cylindrical without defined side margins.
Leg colour: Brown.
Basic colour: Shining blue or green metallic.
Pronotoum: Elongate and narrower than the head, cylindrical without defined side margins.
Leg colour: Brown.
Biology
Status: Scarce. Local in Dorset and the Isle of Wight.
RDB Category: Endangered
Habitat: Coastal, partly vegetated sandy cliffs and slippages near fresh water.
Other notes: Apex of first antennal segment longer than third antennal segment sometimes also darkened. First antennal segment longer than head, swollen apically, second segment small. Tarsi with fourth segment bilobed. Mandibles elongate and protruding and protruding. Eyes large and almost hemispherical. Elytra broad, widening apically with with strongly punctured striae; apical margin slightly sinuate.
RDB Category: Endangered
Habitat: Coastal, partly vegetated sandy cliffs and slippages near fresh water.
Other notes: Apex of first antennal segment longer than third antennal segment sometimes also darkened. First antennal segment longer than head, swollen apically, second segment small. Tarsi with fourth segment bilobed. Mandibles elongate and protruding and protruding. Eyes large and almost hemispherical. Elytra broad, widening apically with with strongly punctured striae; apical margin slightly sinuate.