Brachinus elegans explained

Brachinus elegans is a species of ground beetle in the Brachininae subfamily that can be found in Bulgaria,[1] Albania, Austria, Czech Republic, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Moldova, Romania, Slovakia, Ukraine, all states of former Yugoslavia (except for North Macedonia), in Western Europe, and on the islands such as Sardinia and Sicily.[2] Besides European countries it can be found in Armenia, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan and Turkey. It can also be found in North African country of Morocco.[3] The species were also found in Georgia in 2004.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Catalogue of the ground beetles of Bulgaria (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Vassil B. Guéorguiev, Borislav V. Guéorguiev. 1995. Pensoft. Sofia - Moscow. 78. 954-642-003-4.
  2. Web site: Brachinus (Brachinus) elegans Chaudoir, 1842. https://web.archive.org/web/20131020174042/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=387497. dead. October 20, 2013. Fauna Europaea. 2.6.2. August 29, 2013. October 20, 2013.
  3. Web site: Brachinus elegans Chaudoir, 1842 . Catalogue of Life . 2023-04-08 .
  4. Book: N. Reck, G. Chaladze. Check-list of the ground beetles of Georgia. Proceedings of the Institute of Zoology of Georgia. 5. 12. 127–157. Tbilisi. 2004.