Pterostichus (Platysma) niger (Schaller, 1783)

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

Pterostichus (Platysma) niger (Schaller, 1783)

Distribution

Europe, Turkey, Iran, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Mongolia, Siberia and the Far East ( Arndt et al. 2011).

Notes

It is found in woodland, heathland and damp grassland ( Luff 2007). It is zoophagous, thermophilous, xerophilous and an autumn breeder. It lives close to field margins and hedgerows ( Thiele 1977). It is common in spring planted crops and in those where minimum tillage has been practiced ( Holland and Luff 2000). In this study, it was found in the cotton field in the heterogeneous area (n = 1), the cotton field in the homogeneous area (n = 15), the maize field in the heterogeneous area (n = 153), the maize field in the homogeneous area (n = 82), the olive grove in the heterogeneous area (n = 11), the wheat field in the heterogeneous area (n = 1) and the wheat field in the homogeneous area (n = 17).