Elaphropus vernicatus (Casey, 1918)

Majka, Christopher G., Bousquet, Yves & Westby, Susan, 2007, The ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada: review of collecting, new records, and observations on composition, zoogeography, and historical origins, Zootaxa 1590, pp. 1-36 : 8

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.273915

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6251744

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scientific name

Elaphropus vernicatus (Casey, 1918)
status

 

Elaphropus vernicatus (Casey, 1918) View in CoL

NOVA SCOTIA: Annapolis Co.: Moshelle, 26.v.2005, K. MacKenzie, pitfall trap, (1, ACNS).

Newly recorded in Nova Scotia. Found on the banks and shores of rivers and brooks; also along lakes, ponds and marshes, roadsides, sand pits, vacant lots, and cultivated fields; adults feed on plants in the Brassicaceae ( Larochelle & Larivière 2003) . Some species of Elaphropus are myrmecophilous ( Ball & Bousquet 2000).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Carabidae

Genus

Elaphropus

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