Blue hair fast runner

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Blue hair fast runner
Blue hair fast runner (Ophonus azureus)

Blue hair fast runner ( Ophonus azureus )

Systematics
Family : Ground beetle (Carabidae)
Subfamily : Harpalinae
Tribe : Harpalini
Sub tribus : Harpalina
Genre : Ophonus
Type : Blue hair fast runner
Scientific name
Ophonus azureus
( Fabricius , 1775)
Blue hair speed runner - dorsal view

The blue hairy fast runner ( Ophonus azureus ) is a beetle from the subfamily Harpalinae within the family of ground beetles (Carabidae).

features

The slender ground beetles reach a body length of 6–9 mm. The pronotum and elytra are shiny green or blue. Rows of dots run over the wing covers. The legs are solid red. Ophonus similis is a similar species, but does not occur in Central Europe.

distribution

The beetle species is found in the Palearctic . They occur in southern northern Europe and southern England. The distribution area extends from Europe across the Mediterranean (including northwest Africa) to Central Asia (central Siberia, northwest China). The beetle species prefers open, dry locations such as limestone grasslands .

Way of life

The beetles feed on different seeds. They overwinter as larvae.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Heinz Freude, Karl Wilhelm Harde, Gustav Adolf Lohse: Die Käfer Mitteleuropas . Volume 2 Adephaga 1, Goecke & Evers Verlag, Krefeld 1976, ISBN 3-87263-025-3 . Pages 390–391.
  2. ↑ a b c N. Pilon, E. Cardarelli, G. Bogliani: Ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) of rice field banks and restored habitats in an agricultural area of ​​the Po Plain (Lombardy, Italy). In: Biodiversity data journal. Number 1, 2013, p. E972, doi : 10.3897 / BDJ.1.e972 , PMID 24723767 , PMC 3964715 (free full text).

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