Ophonus (Ophonus) diffinis (Dejean, 1829)

Chapman, Anna Nicola, 2014, The Influence of Landscape Heterogeneity - Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in Fthiotida, Central Greece, Biodiversity Data Journal 2, pp. 1082-1082 : 1082

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.2.e1082

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scientific name

Ophonus (Ophonus) diffinis (Dejean, 1829)
status

 

Ophonus (Ophonus) diffinis (Dejean, 1829)

Distribution

From the Iberian Peninsular, through Southern and Central Europe, the Balkans, to the Near East and the Caucasus ( Arndt et al. 2011).

Notes

It is polyphagous, taking insect prey, but is also known to feed on the fallen seeds of plants in the Apiaceae family ( Lundgren 2009). In this study, it was rare (n = 1) and was only found in the wheat field in the homogeneous area.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Carabidae

Genus

Ophonus