Poecilus cupreus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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

Poecilus cupreus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Distribution

Europe, Asia Minor, Central Asia and Siberia ( Arndt et al. 2011).

Notes

It may be found in woodland, arable land, meadows, pastures and alfalfa fields. It is one of the most common carabid species of agricultural land in Central Europe. It feeds on species of Arachnida, Acari, Staphylinidae , Thysanoptera , Aphidoidea, other Hemiptera species, Cantharidae , Coccinellidae , Chrysopa and Lepidoptera larvae ( Thiele 1977). In this study it was found in the cotton field in the homogeneous area (n = 1), the maize field in the heterogeneous area (n = 47), the maize field in the homogeneous area (n = 2) and the olive grove in the heterogeneous area (n = 1).