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Polistichus connexus

  • 1. Department of Biology, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

Description

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Polistichus connexus(Geoffroy, 1785)

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Habitat and general distribution.

Polistichus connexus has a wide distribution in Europe, North Africa, Near and Middle East (Huber and Marggi 2017). The species occurs in open habitats, often in artificial areas (Holec et al. 2019).

Material examined.

• Heraklion: Almyros Estuary, salt-marsh, 35.338503°N, 25.061403°E, 1 m elev., 3.V.2012 – 3.VI.2012, pitfall traps, 4 spms, leg. Aspradaki E (NHMC); • same data, but 3.VI.2012 – 1.VIII.2012, 1 spm; • Lasithi: Lasithi plateau, moni Vidiani, 35.182902°N, 25.462299°E, 816 m elev., 13.XII.1997, handpicking, 1 spm, leg. Mylonas M. (NHMC).

Comments.

Polistichus connexus is known from the Greek mainland and Peloponnese (Arndt et al. 2011) and this is the first time the species has been reported from Crete. It has been found in two different habitats (a coastal salt-marsh and a humid mountain plateau with shrublands, dehesa-like forests and cultivations).

Notes

Published as part of Pavlou, Christoforos, Bolanakis, Giannis, Kardaki, Ljubitsa & Trichas, Apostolos, 2025, Forty years of ground-beetle sampling in Crete. A major contribution to the Carabidae (Coleoptera, Adephaga) fauna of Crete (Greece), pp. 269-288 in Contributions to Entomology 75 (2) on pages 269-288, DOI: 10.3897/contrib.entomol.75.e158430

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Linked records

Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
NHMC
Event date
1997-12-13 , 2012-05-03 , 2012-06-03
Verbatim event date
1997-12-13 , 2012-05-03/06-03 , 2012-06-03/08-01
Scientific name authorship
Geoffroy
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Carabidae
Genus
Polistichus
Species
connexus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Polistichus connexus (Geoffroy, 1785) sec. Pavlou, Bolanakis, Kardaki & Trichas, 2025

References

  • Huber C, Marggi W (2017) Tribe Zuphiini Bonelli, 1810. In: Löbl I, Löbl D (Eds) Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera vol. 1: Archostemata - Myxophaga - Adephaga, 835–845.
  • Holec M, Holcová D, Jaroš P (2019) Nález vzácného střevlíka (Coleoptera: Carabidae) Polistichus connexus (Geoffroy, 1785) na výsypkách po těžbě hnědého uhlí u města Most (severozápadní Čechy). Studia Oecologica 13 (1): 37–45. https://doi.org/10.21062/ujep/427.2020/a/1802-212X/SO/13/1/37
  • Arndt E, Schnitter P, Sfenthourakis S, Wrase DW (2011) Ground Beetles of Greece (Carabidae). Series Faunistica. Pensoft Publishers, Sofia-Moscow, 393 pp.