Aptinus
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Aptinus is a genus of ground beetle
native to Europe
and the Near East
. It contains the following species:
Ground beetle
Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, approximately 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe.-Description and ecology:...
native to Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
and the Near East
Near East
The Near East is a geographical term that covers different countries for geographers, archeologists, and historians, on the one hand, and for political scientists, economists, and journalists, on the other...
. It contains the following species:
- Aptinus acutangulus Chaudoir, 1876
- Aptinus alpinus Dejean, 1829
- Aptinus bombarda (Illiger, 1800)
- Aptinus cordicollis Chaudoir, 1843
- Aptinus creticus Pic, 1903
- Aptinus displosor L. Dufour, 1811
- Aptinus hovorkai Hrdlicka, 2005
- Aptinus lugubris Schaum, 1862
- Aptinus merditanus Apfelbeck, 1918
- Aptinus pyranaeus Dejean, 1824