Agonum chalconotum

Taxonomy

  • Adephaga
  • Carabidae
  • Agonum
  • Agonum
  • Agonum chalconotum

Description

Size: 7.5-8.3mm
Basic colour: Green and coppery to almost black.
Pattern colour: Uniform.
Pronotoum: Narrower and flatter than elytra.
Leg colour: Dark brown
Confusion species: Agonum muelleri

The history of this beetle in Britain is an intriguing one and neatly summarised on Mark Telfer's website where it has been assigned the status of missing Carabid: http://markgtelfer.co.uk/beetles/carabidae-ground-beetles/live-carabids-needed-can-you-help/agonum-chalconotum/

Biology

Status: Found only in Scotland on river Clyde below Glasgow but not since 1914.
RDB Category: Critically endangered
Habitat: Riperian.
Other notes: Elytral microsculpture almost regularly isodiametric.

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Acupalpus maculatus

Taxonomy

  • Adephaga
  • Carabidae
  • Acupalpus
  • Acupalpus maculatus

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Acupalpus parvulus

Taxonomy

  • Adephaga
  • Carabidae
  • Acupalpus
  • Acupalpus parvulus

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Acupalpus meridianus

Taxonomy

  • Adephaga
  • Carabidae
  • Acupalpus
  • Acupalpus meridianus

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Acupalpus flavicollis

Taxonomy

  • Adephaga
  • Carabidae
  • Acupalpus
  • Acupalpus flavicollis

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Acupalpus exiguus

Taxonomy

  • Adephaga
  • Carabidae
  • Acupalpus
  • Acupalpus exiguus

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Acupalpus elegans

Taxonomy

  • Adephaga
  • Carabidae
  • Acupalpus
  • Acupalpus elegans

Description

Size: 4-4.5mm
Basic colour: Head black, pronotum normally uniformally bright red-brown. Elytra black with basal third, suture and margins red brown.
Pronotoum: Transverse, sides strongly rounded and hind angles indistinct; foveae almost impunctate.
Leg colour: Brown.
Confusion species: Acupalpus flavicollis
, Confusion species: Acupalpus parvulus

Biology

Status: Only known from Thames estuary, last recorded in 1952
RDB Category: Endangered
Habitat: Coastal saltmarshes and under coastal cliffs in wet flushes.

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