Acupalpus elegans is an insect-eating ground beetle in the genus Acupalpus. It is found on the Canary Islands, Europe, the Middle East, Middle Asia and West Siberia.[1] The species is halophilic and prefers salt marsh habitats.[2]
Acupalpus elegans | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Carabidae |
Subfamily: | Harpalinae |
Tribe: | Harpalini |
Genus: | Acupalpus |
Species: | A. elegans
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Binomial name | |
Acupalpus elegans (Dejean 1829)
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References
edit- ^ Jaeger, Bernd. "New and additional distribution data of the genus Acupalpus LATREILLE 1829 from the Middle East and adjacent areas (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Harpalini, Stenolophina)". Linzer Biologische Beiträge.
- ^ Poher, Yoann; Ponel, Philippe; Médail, Frédéric; Andrieu-Ponel, Valérie; Guiter, Frédéric (January 2017). "Holocene environmental history of a small Mediterranean island in response to sea-level changes, climate and human impact". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 465: 247–263. Bibcode:2017PPP...465..247P. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.10.037.