Badister meridionalis

Taxonomy

  • Adephaga
  • Carabidae
  • Badister
  • Badister
  • Badister meridionalis

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Asaphidion curtum

Taxonomy

  • Adephaga
  • Carabidae
  • Asaphidion
  • Asaphidion curtum

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Asaphidion flavipes

Taxonomy

  • Adephaga
  • Carabidae
  • Asaphidion
  • Asaphidion flavipes

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Anthracus consputus

Taxonomy

  • Adephaga
  • Carabidae
  • Anthracus
  • Anthracus consputus

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Anisodactylus binotatus

Taxonomy

  • Adephaga
  • Carabidae
  • Anisodactylus
  • Anisodactylus binotatus

Description

Size: 10-13mm
Basic colour: Black
Pattern colour: Pale spot on head, head and pronotum shining, elytra duller.
Pronotoum: Transverse, sides with a single long lateral seta, hind angles with a small tooth. Entire base densely and roughly punctured; anterior third also often with fine punctures.
Leg colour: Black, rarely brown.
Confusion species: Anisodactylus binotatus
, Confusion species: Anisodactylus nemorivagus

Biology

Status: Widespread in England and Wales and the west of Ireland, very local in lowland Scotland and the east of Ireland.
Habitat: Damp meadows and marshy habitat; arable land on poorly draining soils.
Other notes: Elytral shoulders rounded; striae unpunctured, intervals convex, with scattered punctures at the base of each interval; outer two intervals and apical region of elytra with fine golden pubescence. Apices diverging with oblique sub-apical sinuation. Wings present.

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Anisodactylus nemorivagus

Taxonomy

  • Adephaga
  • Carabidae
  • Anisodactylus
  • Anisodactylus nemorivagus
Common name
Heath Short-spur

Description

Size: 8-10mm
Basic colour: Black
Pattern colour: Faint pale mark on head.
Pronotoum: Sides strongly contracted to the obtuse but sharp hind angles which are hardly toothed.
Leg colour: Reddish-brown or sometimes black.
Confusion species: Anisodactylus binotatus

UK Priority Species data collation Anisodactylus nemorivagus

Biology

Status: Scarce. Local in southern England and south Wales, with a single Irish record from Cork.
UKBAP Species: Yes
Habitat: Dry sandy heaths.
Other notes: Elytral shoulders angled between basal rim and elytral margin; interval without punctures at their base; outer two elytral intervals finely pubescent, especially towards the rear, apices not or little divergent, sub-apical sinuation strong. Wings present.

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Anisodactylus poeciloides

Taxonomy

  • Adephaga
  • Carabidae
  • Anisodactylus
  • Anisodactylus poeciloides
Common name
Saltmarsh Short-spur

Description

Size: 9-12.5mm
Basic colour: Shining metallic coppery green.
Pronotoum: Sides rounded, hind angles curved and hardly distinct; base with coarse rugose punctuation, sides, anterior region and a part of disc sometimes finely punctured.
Leg colour: Black
Confusion species: Harpalus affinis

UK Priority Species data collation Anisodactylus poeciloides

Biology

Status: Scarce. Local around the south and east coasts of England from Dorset to Suffolk.
UKBAP Species: Yes
Habitat: Under stones and litter on open saline coastal habitats including the upper parts of saltmarshes.
Other notes: Elytral shoulders bluntly angled, bases of intervals with scattered punctures, outer two intervals with dense semi-errect pale pubescence; apices rounded, slightly diverging, with rather transverse sub-apical sinuatiuon.

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