Taxonomy
- Adephaga
- Carabidae
- Panagaeus
- Panagaeus cruxmajor
Common name
Crucifix Ground Beetle
Images
Source: Roger Key
Source: Lech Borowiec
Description
Size: 7.4-8.8mm
Basic colour: Black, with two large transverse red spots on each elytra.
Number of spots: 2
Pronotoum: Wider than long, densely punctured with large pores only, and pubescent.
Leg colour: Black.
Confusion species: Panagaeus bipustulatus
Basic colour: Black, with two large transverse red spots on each elytra.
Number of spots: 2
Pronotoum: Wider than long, densely punctured with large pores only, and pubescent.
Leg colour: Black.
Confusion species: Panagaeus bipustulatus
Biology
Status: Very scarce. Widely distributed but local in England, as far north as Lincolnshire, south Wales and south Ireland.
RDB Category: Vulnerable
UKBAP Species: Yes
Habitat: Litter, well-vegetated fens and dune slacks, always near water.
Other notes: Elytra pubescent, striae moderately punctured, intervals flat.
RDB Category: Vulnerable
UKBAP Species: Yes
Habitat: Litter, well-vegetated fens and dune slacks, always near water.
Other notes: Elytra pubescent, striae moderately punctured, intervals flat.
Articles
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(2011), A new site for Panagaeus cruxmajor (Linnaeus) (Carabidae) in North Lincolnshire The Coleopterist 20(1):4
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(2009), Panagaeus cruxmajor (Linnaeus) (Carabidae) at Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire: a clarification The Coleopterist 18(1):33