Paranchus albipes (Fabricius, 1796)

Pavlou, Christoforos, Bolanakis, Giannis, Kardaki, Ljubitsa & Trichas, Apostolos, 2025, Forty years of ground-beetle sampling in Crete. A major contribution to the Carabidae (Coleoptera, Adephaga) fauna of Crete (Greece), Contributions to Entomology 75 (2), pp. 269-288 : 269-288

24. Paranchus albipes (Fabricius, 1796)

Fig. 4 E

Habitat and general distribution.

Paranchus albipes is a Euro-Mediterranean species, also occurring in Turkey ( Schmidt 2017). It is a montane species ( Arndt et al. 2011) that dwells in different types of shadow banks ( Serrano 1988).

Material examined.

• Heraklion: Agia Irini temporary stream with Platanus orientalis veteran trees, 35.279550°N, 25.165032°E, 140 m elev., 26.V.2016 – 8.V.2016, pitfall traps, 13 spms, leg. Vlachopoulos N. ( NHMC) .

Comments.

To our knowledge, this is the first detailed record of P. albipes in Crete and Greece. Schmidt (2017) does not include Greece in the species’ distribution, while Arndt et al. (2011) include it in their key for the Greek ground beetles, but omit it from the catalogue provided. The species was found in a small, thick riparian forest. This is also the first record of the genus Paranchus in Greece and Crete.

Figures

Figure 4. Α. Dicheirotrichus obsoletus; B. Dicheirotrichus punicus; C. Agonum thoreyi; D. Agonum viridicupreum; E. Paranchus albipes; F. Pterostichus cursor; G. Pterostichus anthracinus; H. Calathus cinctus; I. Laemostenus venustus; J. Polistichus connexus. Scale bars: 2 mm (A); 1.9 mm (B); 2.2 mm (C); 2.1 mm (D); 2.3 mm (E); 2.1 mm (F); 2.7 mm (G); 2.2 mm (H); 3.4 mm (I); 2.2 mm (J).