Species Leistus ferrugineus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Adephaga

Family Carabidae (Ground Beetles)

Subfamily Nebriinae

Tribe Nebriini

Genus Leistus

Species ferrugineus (Leistus ferrugineus)

Explanation of Names

Leistus ferrugineus (Linnaeus 1758)

Size

5.7‒8.2 mm

Range

native to, and widespread across Europe to Asia Minor, adventive in NA (near Saint John’s, NF)(1)

Habitat

mostly woods (usually in rather moist situations), sometimes meadows or peat bogs(2)

Remarks

earliest record in our area: NF 1977(1)

Works Cited

1.	Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.

2.	Polish Biodiversity Information Network • Coleoptera Poloniae

Contributed by v belov on 8 February, 2014 - 12:19pm
Last updated 27 December, 2024 - 3:36pm

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