Biology:Aepopsis
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Short description: Genus of beetles
| Aepopsis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Animalia |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Arthropoda |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Insecta |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Coleoptera |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Carabidae |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Trechini |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Aepina |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Aepopsis Jeannel, 1922 |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | <div style="display:inline" class="script error: no such module "taxobox ranks".">A. robinii |
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| Aepopsis robinii (Laboulbène, 1849)
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Aepopsis is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. This genus has a single species, Aepopsis robinii.[1][2]
Description
The beetle's size is 2.5 millimetres (0.098 in). Its colour is yellowish-red.[3]
Distribution
The species can be found along the Mediterranean-Atlantic coast, from the British Isles and France south to the Iberian Peninsula and Morocco. It has also been recorded in Ireland.[3][1][4]
Ecology
Aepus robinii lives its entire life cycle in rocky crevices of intertidal zones.[3][4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Aepopsis Jeannel, 1922". https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/8KTZT.
- ↑ Lorenz, Wolfgang (2021). "Carabcat Database". doi:10.48580/dfqf-3dk. http://www.carabidfauna2.net/.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Distribution
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 King, P.E.; Al-Khalifa, M.S.; Fordy, M.R. (1980). "Environmental adaptations of Aepopsis robinii (Laboulbene) an intertidal carabid of rocky shores". Journal of Natural History 14. doi:10.1080/00222938000770261.
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