Agonum ericeti

Agonum ericeti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Agonum
Species:
A. ericeti
Binomial name
Agonum ericeti
Panzer, 1809

Agonum ericeti is a species of ground beetle in the Platyninae subfamily that can be found in all Europe except for Spain and Portugal.[1]

Description

Beetle length is from 5โ€“7.2 millimetres (0.20โ€“0.28 in), a width not exceeding 2.9 millimetres (0.11 in). The upper body is usually one colour, bronze or copper-red, rarely black and bronze. Prothorax narrowed in the direction backward more than forward.

Ecology

The species lives in sphagnum bogs.

References

  1. โ†‘ "Agonum ericeti (Panzer, 1809)". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-08.