Brachinus elegans

Brachinus elegans is a species of ground beetle in the Brachininae subfamily that can be found in Bulgaria,[1] Albania, Austria, Czech Republic, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Moldova, Romania, Slovakia, Ukraine, all states of former Yugoslavia (except for North Macedonia), in Western Europe, and on the islands such as Sardinia and Sicily.[2] Besides European countries it can be found in Armenia, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan and Turkey. It can also be found in North African country of Morocco.[3] The species were also found in Georgia in 2004.[4]

Brachinus elegans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Brachinus
Species:
B. elegans
Binomial name
Brachinus elegans
Chaudoir, 1842
Synonyms
  • Brachinus advena Schauberger, 1921
  • Brachinus ganglbaueri Apfelbeck, 1904
  • Brachinus velutinus Motschulsky, 1864

References
  1. Vassil B. Guéorguiev, Borislav V. Guéorguiev (1995). Catalogue of the ground beetles of Bulgaria (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Sofia - Moscow: Pensoft. p. 78. ISBN 954-642-003-4.
  2. "Brachinus (Brachinus) elegans Chaudoir, 1842". Fauna Europaea. 2.6.2. August 29, 2013. Archived from the original on October 20, 2013. Retrieved October 20, 2013.
  3. "Brachinus elegans Chaudoir, 1842". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
  4. N. Reck, G. Chaladze (2004). Check-list of the ground beetles of Georgia. Vol. 5. Tbilisi: Proceedings of the Institute of Zoology of Georgia. pp. 127–157.


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