The Influence of Landscape Heterogeneity - Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in Fthiotida, Central Greece
Chapman, Anna Nicola
Biodiversity Data Journal
2014
2
1082
1082
Linnaeus, 1758
Linnaeus
1758
Insecta
Carabidae
Poecilus
CoL
Animalia
Poecilus cupreus
Coleoptera
0
1082
Arthropoda
species
cupreus
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 Hemipteraspecies, Cantharidae, Coccinellidae, Chrysopaand Lepidopteralarvae ( 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).