Acupalpus elegans

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
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Subfamily: Harpalinae
Tribe: Harpalini
Genus: Acupalpus
Species:
A. elegans
Binomial name
Acupalpus elegans
(Dejean 1829)

References

  1. 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.
  2. 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. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.10.037.
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