Ophonus stictus

Ophonus stictus is a species of ground beetle native to the Palearctic (including Europe), and the Near East. In Europe, it is only absent in the following countries and islands: Albania, Andorra, the Baltic states, the Canary Islands, the Channel Islands, Corsica, Crete, the Cyclades, Cyprus, the Dodecanese, the Faroe Islands, Franz Josef Land, Gibraltar, Iceland, Ireland, Madeira, Malta, Monaco, the North Aegean islands, Novaya Zemlya, Russia (except for southern and northern part), San Marino, Sardinia, the Savage Islands, Scandinavia, Sicily, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Vatican City, and in all states of former Yugoslavia except for Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Its presence in Latvia is doubtful.[1]

Ophonus stictus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Carabidae
Subfamily:
Harpalinae
Tribe:
Harpalini
Genus:
Ophonus
Species:
O. stictus
Binomial name
Ophonus stictus
Stephens, 1828
Synonyms[1]
  • Ophonus obscurus (Fabricius, 1792) nec Herbst 1784
  • Carabus obscurus Fabricius, 1792
  • Harpalus monticola Dejean, 1829

Distribution

In Belgium, the species can be found in Brussels, Flanders and Wallonia.[2]

Description

The species is 12–16 millimetres (0.47–0.63 in) in length and is either black or dark brown in colour with a greenish wings on long elytron which also have dark brown pubescence. Its legs are light brown. The species also have an elongate aedeagal apex which is at least four times as long and wide as its prothorax. As far as prothorax goes, it is wide to the front with contracted sides and blunt hind angles.[3]

Habitat

The species prefers quarries and limestone or chalk soils.[3]

Protection

On September 22 of 1980 the species was put under protection in Belgium.[2]

References
  1. "Ophonus (Ophonus) stictus Stephens, 1828". 2.5. Fauna Europaea. July 23, 2012. Retrieved February 20, 2013.
  2. "Species: Ophonus stictus Steph., 1828". Belgian Species List. Archived from the original on April 7, 2013. Retrieved February 22, 2013.
  3. "Ophonus stictus Stephens, 1828". Coleoptera.org. Retrieved February 22, 2013.


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