Taxonomy
- Adephaga
- Carabidae
- Bracteon
- Bracteon litorale
Images
Source: Roger Key
Source: Lech Borowiec
Description
Size: 5.6-6.2mm
Basic colour: Shining bronze.
Pattern colour: Coppery, reddish or purplish-metallic microsculpture evident.
Pronotoum: Slightly transverse.
Leg colour: Dark metallic
Basic colour: Shining bronze.
Pattern colour: Coppery, reddish or purplish-metallic microsculpture evident.
Pronotoum: Slightly transverse.
Leg colour: Dark metallic
Biology
Status: Sometime abdundant. Very local in northern and western Britain.
Habitat: Bare sand and fine shingle near rivers or standing water.
Other notes: Third and fourth elytral striae stongly bent outwards in front of the anterior silver spot.
Habitat: Bare sand and fine shingle near rivers or standing water.
Other notes: Third and fourth elytral striae stongly bent outwards in front of the anterior silver spot.