UK Beetle Recording

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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Abax parallelus

Description

Now considered to be a non-established introduction so removed from checklist.

Size: 13.8-19.0mm
Basic colour: Shiny black.
Confusion species: Abax parallelepipedus

Biology

Status: Casual immigrant to the Isles of Scilly.
Other notes: Elytral basal stria is normally missing. Last tarsal segments without bristles on their underside

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Acupalpus dubius

Taxonomy

Adephaga
Carabidae
Acupalpus
Acupalpus dubius

Description

Size: 2.5-2.8mm
Basic colour: Pale to mid-reddish brown.
Pattern colour: Pronotum paler than head and much of the elytra.
Pronotoum: Widest well in front of the middle. Sides almost straight behind this, hind angles rounded but distinct; foveae almost impunctate.
Leg colour: Yellow or pale brown.
Confusion species: Acupalpus exiguus
, Confusion species: Acupalpus flavicollis

Biology

Status: Widespreadand often abundant in southern Britain. Often coastal in Wales and Ireland.
Habitat: Litter, moss and tussocks near fresh water.
Other notes: Head narrower than pronotum. Elytra rather convex, dilated apically so they are widest in apical third. Third interval with dorsal puncture.

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Acupalpus brunnipes

Taxonomy

Adephaga
Carabidae
Acupalpus
Acupalpus brunnipes

Description

Size: 3-3.5mm
Basic colour: Black or dark brown.
Pattern colour: Elytral suture slightly paler than rest of body.
Pronotoum: Very shiny. Widest in front of the middle, sides rounded throughout and hind angles hardly distinct. Foveae with scattered punctures.
Leg colour: Pale brown.
Confusion species: Acupalpus exiguus

Biology

Status: Scarce. Local in southern England.
Habitat: Moss and litter near water, usually near the coast.
Other notes: Elytra without dorsal puncture on the third interval.

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Abax parallelepipedus

Size

17-22mm

Basic colour

Shining black.

Leg colour

Black.

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Ptilodactyla exotica

Taxonomy

Polyphaga
Byrrhoidea
Ptilodactylidae
Ptilodactyla
Ptilodactyla exotica

Description

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Abax parallelepipedus

Taxonomy

Adephaga
Carabidae
Abax
Abax parallelepipedus

Description

Size: 17-22mm
Basic colour: Shining black.
Pronotoum: Widest in front of middle, sides behind this almost straight and converging to sharp rectangular hind angles. Hind margin concave, foveae double, linear and unpunctured.
Leg colour: Black.

Biology

Status: Abundant. Widespread in Britain, except in north-east Scotland and in Ireland.
Habitat: Woods and damp, well vegetated moorlands.
Other notes: Elytral shoulders stongly toothed, with eight fully developed strong striae, intervals slightly convex. Third intervals slightly convex, third interval without dorsal punctures, seventh interval raised into a sharp keel anteriorly and apically. Wings absent.