Pogonus gilvipes

Pogonus gilvipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Carabidae
Genus:	Pogonus
Species:	P. gilvipes
Binomial name
	Pogonus gilvipes; Dejean, 1828
Synonyms
	Pogonus (Pogonus) gilvipes Dejean, 1828; Pogonus apicalis Küster, 1852; Pogonus parallelus Chaudoir, 1872; Pogonus fallax Carret, 1903;

Pogonus gilvipes is a species of beetle of the family Carabidae. It has a wide Palaearctic distribution and is also present in the Afrotropical Region and on the Canary Islands.

Description

Adults reach a length of about 5.5–6 mm.

Biology

The species can be found in areas colonised by plants of Arthrocnemetea all year except winter. At coastal localities, larvae are thought to develop under the remains of marine algae deposited by the sea on rocky shorelines.^[1]

References

^ Part of this text is from “[https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/1967 Revision of the tribe Pogonini (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechinae) from the Ibero-Balearic region” by José Muñoz-Santiago, Vicente M. Ortuño. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.

[1] Part of this text is from “[https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/1967 Revision of the tribe Pogonini (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechinae) from the Ibero-Balearic region” by José Muñoz-Santiago, Vicente M. Ortuño. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.

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