Brachinus psophia

Brachinus psophia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Brachinus
Subgenus: Brachinus (Brachinus)
Species: B. psophia
Binomial name
Brachinus psophia
Audinet-Serville, 1821

Brachinus psophia is a species of ground beetle from the Brachininae subfamily that can be found in Bulgaria,[1]Greece, Italy,[2][3] Albania, Austria, Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Moldova, Slovakia, Ukraine, all states of former Yugoslavia (except for Macedonia), and in Western Europe. It can also be found on such European islands as Corsica, Sardinia and Sicily, and on the island of Cyprus in Asia.[4] Besides European countries it can be found in Armenia, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, and Central Asian republics.[5] The species were also found and described in Georgia in 2004,[6] and Romania.[7]

Threat

The species are under threat in the Czech Republic.[8]

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. ↑ Kryzhanovskij O.L., Belousov I.A., Kabak I.I., Kataev B.M., Makarov K.V., Shilenkov V.G. (1995). A Checklist of the ground-beetles of Russia and adjacent Lands (Insecta, Coleoptera, Carabidae). Pentsoft. p. 271.
  3. ↑ Lobl I., Smetana A. (2003). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Archostemata - Myxophaga - Adephaga 1. p. 819.
  4. ↑ "Brachinus (Brachinus) psophia Audinet-Serville, 1821". 2.6.2. Fauna Europaea. August 29, 2013. Retrieved October 20, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Brachinus (Brachinus) psophia Audinet-Serville, 1821". Carabidae of the World. September 20, 2011. Retrieved December 28, 2012.
  6. ↑ N. Reck, G. Chaladze (2004). Check-list of the ground beetles of Georgia 5 (12). Tbilisi: Proceedings of the Institute of Zoology of Georgia. pp. 127–157.
  7. ↑ "Romanian distribution". Carabidae of Romania. July 8, 2012. Retrieved December 28, 2012.
  8. ↑ Farkač J., Král D. & Škorpík M. (2005). "List of threatened species in the Czech Republic". Invertebrates, Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR. Praha. p. 760.

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