Polistichus connexus (Geoffroy, 1785)

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

29. Polistichus connexus (Geoffroy, 1785)

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Habitat and general distribution.

Polistichus connexus has a wide distribution in Europe, North Africa, Near and Middle East ( Huber and Marggi 2017). The species occurs in open habitats, often in artificial areas ( Holec et al. 2019).

Material examined.

• Heraklion: Almyros Estuary , salt-marsh, 35.338503°N, 25.061403°E, 1 m elev., 3.V.2012 – 3.VI.2012, pitfall traps, 4 spms, leg. Aspradaki E ( NHMC) ; • same data, but 3.VI.2012 – 1.VIII.2012, 1 spm ; • Lasithi: Lasithi plateau, moni Vidiani , 35.182902°N, 25.462299°E, 816 m elev., 13.XII.1997, handpicking, 1 spm, leg. Mylonas M. ( NHMC) .

Comments.

Polistichus connexus is known from the Greek mainland and Peloponnese ( Arndt et al. 2011) and this is the first time the species has been reported from Crete. It has been found in two different habitats (a coastal salt-marsh and a humid mountain plateau with shrublands, dehesa-like forests and cultivations).

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).