Polistichus connexus
Authors/Creators
- 1. Department of Biology, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Description
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Polistichus connexus(Geoffroy, 1785)Fig. 4 J
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).
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Additional details
Identifiers
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.