Acinopus grassator Coquerel, 1858

Ghannem, Samir, Pérez-González, Sergio, Pérez Zaballos, Juan M. & Boumaiza, Moncef, 2015, New records of Carabidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from Tunisia., Arquivos Entomolóxicos 14, pp. 37-41 : 40

Acinopus grassator Coquerel, 1858

Material examined. Site 4: 5 specimens, 16 January 2013.

Diagnosis. Body length 11-12 mm, rather slim, very convex with a medium-sized head, sinuate mandible, strongly concave epistome, clear, well marked frontal impression net. It is characterized by a slightly transverse corselet, with slightly arched sides and obtuse posterior angles. Elytra are rounded, short and parallel, with smooth surface, sometimes finely punctuated and a deep preapical sinuosity

Habitat: The species was collected in a sandy-clayish ground under stones.

Distribution: North Africa: Morocco ( Melilla) ( Antoine, 1955), Algeria ( Oran) ( Bedel, 1895). First record from Tunisia.