Agonum ( Europhilus ) thoreyi Dejean, 1828

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

22. Agonum ( Europhilus) thoreyi Dejean, 1828

Fig. 4 C

Habitat and general distribution.

Agonum thoreyi is a Holarctic species ( Arndt et al. 2011). The species is stenotopic in reeds ( Arndt et al. 2011).

Material examine.

• Rethymnon: Petres River mouth , 35.351030°N, 24.358000°E, 2 m elev., 9.VII.2015 – 2.XI.2015, 1 spm, leg. Pavlou Chr ( NHMC) .

Comments.

Agonum thoreyi is a widespread, cosmopolitan species that has been reported from Greece for a first time by Schmidt and Liebherr (2009), while this is the first record of A. thoreyi in Crete. The species was found in a northern small river mouth near a sand dune system that is regularly crowded for recreational activities.

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).