Aepus robinii
Taxonomy
- Adephaga
- Carabidae
- Aepus
- Aepus robinii
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
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.
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
Description
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Acupalpus parvulus
Taxonomy
- Adephaga
- Carabidae
- Acupalpus
- Acupalpus parvulus
Description
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Acupalpus meridianus
Taxonomy
- Adephaga
- Carabidae
- Acupalpus
- Acupalpus meridianus
Description
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Acupalpus elegans
RDB Category
Endangered
Size
4-4.5mm
Basic colour
Head black, pronotum normally uniformally bright red-brown. Elytra black with basal third, suture and margins red brown.
Leg colour
Brown.
Acupalpus dubius
Size
2.5-2.8mm
Basic colour
Pale to mid-reddish brown.
Pattern colour
Pronotum paler than head and much of the elytra.
Leg colour
Yellow or pale brown.
Acupalpus brunnipes
Size
3-3.5mm
Basic colour
Black or dark brown.
Pattern colour
Elytral suture slightly paler than rest of body.
Leg colour
Pale brown.
Acupalpus flavicollis
Taxonomy
- Adephaga
- Carabidae
- Acupalpus
- Acupalpus flavicollis
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Acupalpus exiguus
Taxonomy
- Adephaga
- Carabidae
- Acupalpus
- Acupalpus exiguus