Pogonistes testaceus

Pogonistes testaceus
Pogonus testaceus testaceus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Carabidae
Genus:	Pogonistes
Species:	P. testaceus
Binomial name
Pogonistes testaceus (Dejean, 1828)
Synonyms
Pogonus gracilisDejean, 1828

Pogonistes testaceus is a species of beetle of the family Carabidae. It is found in North Africa, on the Iberian Peninsula and along the French coast, as well as in Bulgaria and Greece.

Description

Adults reach a length of about 5.5–6 mm.

Biology

The species seems to prefer the most high-saline environments, which could explain why its distribution in the Iberian Peninsula is restricted to the Mediterranean coast. Adults are present all year, with a peak of activity in spring.

Subspecies

• Pogonus testaceus testaceus (North Africa, the Iberian Peninsula and along the French coast)
• Pogonus testaceus graecus(Apfelbeck, 1904) (Bulgaria, Greece) ^[1]

References

1. Part of this text is from “Revision of the tribe Pogonini (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechinae) from the Ibero-Balearic region” by José Muñoz-Santiago, Vicente M. Ortuño. This article is licensed under the [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ CC BY 4.0 license