Pogonus luridipennis
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Genus: | Pogonus |
| Species: | P. luridipennis
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| Binomial name | |
| Pogonus luridipennis (Germar, 1823)
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Pogonus luridipennis, the yellow pogonus, is a small ground beetle. It has a wide distribution in the Palaearctic region, from the Iberian Peninsula to Siberia, where it is found in coastal and interior localities in the Mediterranean and along the Atlantic, as well as along the coast of the North Sea, Black Sea and Caspian Sea.
Description
Adults reach a length of about 6–7 mm.
Biology
The species is associated with saline environments (including sandy salt marshes.[1]) where plants of the genus Salicornia grow.[2]
References
- ^ "Pogonus luridipennis" (PDF). UK Priority Species data collation. Joint Nature Conservation Council. Retrieved 5 June 2012
- ^ Part of this text is from “Revision of the tribe Pogonini (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechinae) from the Ibero-Balearic region” by José Muñoz-Santiago, Vicente M. Ortuño. This article is licensed under the [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ CC BY 4.0 license