Anthracus longicornis (Schaum, 1857)

Putchkov, A. V. & Nitochko, M. I., 2015, The Ground-Beetles Of The Genus Anthracus (Coleoptera, Carabidae) Of Ukraine, Vestnik Zoologii 49 (2), pp. 187-190 : 188

Anthracus longicornis (Schaum, 1857)

Stenolophus longicornis Schaum, 1857: 145 .

D i s t r i b u t i o n. South, Middle and East Europe (south regions), Asia Minor, West Kazakhstan (Yaeger, Kataev, 2003), South Tadjikistan (one speciman from “Tigrovaya Balka” Reserve is preserved in collection of V. Michailov, Kharkov). In Ukraine known from Transcarpathien lowland, hills of West Macroslopes of Carpathien ( Rizun, 2003), but more often occurs in south regions of Ukraine ( Putchkov, 2012), especially often in the Black Sea Biosphere Reserve and in plains of Crimea (own data).

E c o l o g i c a l d a t a. Littoral swamp mesohygrophilous species. In Kherson Region (all places of the Black Sea Biosphere Reserve ) the beetles often found under sediments, in grooves on wet soil, salt marshes, along the shores of lakes and estuaries. In the south-western part of Ukraine the species was collected in humid forest habitats too (Odessa city env., Luzanovsky forest , ending of May). In the Crimea it is common in wetlands, occurring both near the basins and along the rivers, streams and lakes, as well as the meadowlands and along the seacoast ( Petrusenko, Petrusenko, 1973). The beetles are recorded from early May to mid-July (but usually at ending of May-beginning of June) .