Brachinus (Brachynidius) explodens (Duftschmid, 1812)

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

Brachinus (Brachynidius) explodens (Duftschmid, 1812)

Distribution

Europe to Central Asia. It is a very common species in Greece ( Arndt et al. 2011).

Notes

Prefers dry grassland and agricultural land, where it may be found in arable cultivations and alfalfa. It is one of the most common species of Carabidae to be found in cultivated areas in Eastern Europe ( Thiele 1977). It is a mesoxerophilous and zoophagous species ( Varvara and Apostol 2008). In this study, it was found in small numbers in the maize field in the heterogeneous area (n = 4), the olive grove in the homogeneous area (n = 2) and the wheat field in the heterogeneous area (n = 1).