Abax parallelepipedus

Abax parallelepipedus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Abax
Subgenus: Abax
Species:
A. parallelepipedus
Binomial name
Abax parallelepipedus
(Piller & Mitterpacher, 1783)
Subspecies
  • Abax parallelepipedus alpigradus
  • Abax parallelepipedus audouini
  • Abax parallelepipedus contractus
  • Abax parallelepipedus curtulus
  • Abax parallelepipedus germanus
  • Abax parallelepipedus inferior
  • Abax parallelepipedus liguricus
  • Abax parallelepipedus lombardus
  • Abax parallelepipedus parallelepipedus
  • Abax parallelepipedus subpunctatus

Abax parallelepipedus is a species of ground beetle native to Europe, where it is found in Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, mainland Denmark, Estonia, mainland France, Germany,[1] Great Britain, Hungary, mainland Italy, Kaliningrad, Latvia (doubtful), Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Moldova, mainland Norway, Poland, central and southern Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, mainland Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Ukraine and Yugoslavia. The species is also an introduced species in North America, where it was first detected in 1965.[2] American records are from Atlantic Canada and Jamaica.[3]

References

  1. ^ Marcus T; Boch S; Durka W; Fischer M; Gossner MM; et al. (2015). "Living in Heterogeneous Woodlands - Are Habitat Continuity or Quality Drivers of Genetic Variability in a Flightless Ground Beetle?". PLOS ONE. 10 (12) e0144217. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1044217M. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0144217. PMC 4671619. PMID 26641644.
  2. ^ "Species Abax parallelepipedus". BugGuide. Retrieved 2025-05-06.
  3. ^ "Abax parallelepipedus (Piller & Mitterpacher, 1783)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility.