Abax parallelepipedus is a species of ground beetle native to Europe and the Nearctic. In Europe, it is found in Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, mainland Denmark, Estonia, mainland France, Germany,[1] Great Britain, Hungary, mainland Italy, Kaliningrad, Latvia (doubtful), Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Moldova, mainland Norway, Poland, central and southern Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, mainland Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Ukraine and Yugoslavia.

Abax parallelepipedus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Abax
Subgenus: Abax
Species:
A. parallelepipedus
Binomial name
Abax parallelepipedus
Selected subspecies
  • Abax parallelepipedus ssp. alpigradus
  • Abax parallelepipedus ssp. audouini
  • Abax parallelepipedus ssp. contractus
  • Abax parallelepipedus ssp. curtulus
  • Abax parallelepipedus ssp. germanus
  • Abax parallelepipedus ssp. inferior
  • Abax parallelepipedus ssp. lombardus
  • Abax parallelepipedus ssp. parallelepipedus
  • Abax parallelepipedus ssp. subpunctatus
Abax parallelepipedus male underside

References

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  1. ^ Marcus T; Boch S; Durka W; Fischer M; Gossner MM; et al. (2015). "Living in Heterogeneous Woodlands - Are Habitat Continuity or Quality Drivers of Genetic Variability in a Flightless Ground Beetle?". PLOS ONE. 10 (12): e0144217. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1044217M. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0144217. PMC 4671619. PMID 26641644.
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