Zabrus spinipes
Zabrus (Pelor) spinipes is a species of ground beetle belonging to the family Carabidae, genus Zabrus, subgenus Pelor.[1][2][3][4]
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| Zabrus (Pelor) spinipes. Museum specimen | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Genus: | Zabrus |
| Subgenus: | Zabrus (Pelor) |
| Species: | Z. spinipes |
| Binomial name | |
| Zabrus spinipes (Fabricius, 1798) | |
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Subspecies
There are four subspecies of Z. spinipes:[1][5]
- Zabrus spinipes insignis J. Müller, 1931
- Zabrus spinipes rugosus (Ménétries, 1832)
- Zabrus spinipes spinipes (Fabricius, 1798)
- Zabrus spinipes stevenii (Fischer von Waldheim, 1817)
Description
Zabrus (Pelor) spinipes can reach a length of 17–21 millimetres (0.67–0.83 in). The head is large, almost oval. Elitrae are elongated, with light longitudinal striae. Body color is bright black.[6]
Distribution
This species can be found in Albania Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Greece Hungary, Moldova, Poland, North Macedonia, Slovakia, Ukraine, southern part of Russia (including Near East) and all states of former Yugoslavia (except for Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina).[2]
Gallery
Zabrus spinipes
Z. spinipes from Coleoptera Illustrata
Z. spinipes from Fauna Germanica. ( 9a: head, 9b: labrum, 9c: mandible, 9d: maxilla)
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References
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- Zabrus (Pelor) spinipes (Fabricius, 1798) in Fauna europaea
- M. Le Compte Dejean Iconographie et Histoire Naturelle des Coleopteres d’Europe (1852)
- O. L. Kryžanovskij – 1995 A Checklist of the Ground-beetles of Russia and Adjacent Lands
- Löbl, Ivan; Löbl, Daniel (2017). Archostemata-Myxophaga-Adephaga. Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. 1 (Revised and Updated ed.). ISBN 9789004330290.
- Pierre-François Dejean Specimens général des coléoptères de la collection du comte Dejean
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