Acupalpus elegans is an insect-eating ground beetle in the genus Acupalpus. It is found on the Canary Islands, Europe, the Middle East, Middle Asia and West Siberia.[1] The species is halophilic and prefers salt marsh habitats.[2]

Acupalpus elegans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Subfamily: Harpalinae
Tribe: Harpalini
Genus: Acupalpus
Species:
A. elegans
Binomial name
Acupalpus elegans
(Dejean 1829)

References

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  1. ^ Jaeger, Bernd. "New and additional distribution data of the genus Acupalpus LATREILLE 1829 from the Middle East and adjacent areas (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Harpalini, Stenolophina)". Linzer Biologische Beiträge.
  2. ^ Poher, Yoann; Ponel, Philippe; Médail, Frédéric; Andrieu-Ponel, Valérie; Guiter, Frédéric (January 2017). "Holocene environmental history of a small Mediterranean island in response to sea-level changes, climate and human impact". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 465: 247–263. Bibcode:2017PPP...465..247P. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.10.037.