Agonum sexpunctatum

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Agonum sexpunctatum
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Agonum
Species:
A. sexpunctatum
Binomial name
Agonum sexpunctatum
Synonyms
  • Carabus sexpunctatumLinne, 1758
  • Platynus mattosoiPaulino d'Oliveira, 1882

Agonum sexpunctatum is a wet-loving, peatland species of ground beetle [1] native to the Palearctic and the Near East.

In Europe, it is found in Albania, Belarus, Benelux, the Baltic states, Finland, France, Italy, Liechtenstein, Portugal, Russia, Scandinavia, Spain, Ukraine, the former Yugoslavian states and Central Europe. It is absent in Ireland. [1]

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