Perileptus areolatus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Adephaga

Familia: Carabidae
Subfamilia: Trechinae
Supertribus: Trechitae
Tribus: Trechini
Subtribus: Perileptina
Genus: Perileptus
Species: Perileptus areolatus
Name

Perileptus areolatus (Creutzer, 1799)

References
Links

Lorenz, W. 2018. CarabCat: Global database of ground beetles (version Oct 2017). In: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 20th December 2017. Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858. Reference page. [accessed on December 17, 2018]

Perileptus areolatus is a species of brown coloured[1] ground beetle in the Trechinae subfamily.

Distribution

The species can be found everywhere in Europe except for Andorra, Finland, Lithuania, Monaco, San Marino and Vatican City.[2] The can also be found in Asia in such countries as Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, and in African nation of Tunisia and Canary Islands.[1] The species is 2.4–2.5 millimetres (0.094–0.098 in) in length.[3]
Irish distribution

In Ireland the species is found Kerry and Cork provinces.[4]
Habitat

The species lives along riverine shingle.[4]
Threats and status

The species is classified as Nationally Scarce in Great Britain due to the habitat loss. The habitat loss includes the spread of invasive plants such as Himalayan Balsam, pollution, and floods due to engineering and dredging of the banks.[3]
References

"Perileptus (Perileptus) areolatus (Creutzer, 1799)". Carabidae of the World. Retrieved January 13, 2013.
"Perileptus (Perileptus) areolatus (Creutzer 1799)". 2.5. Fauna Europaea. July 23, 2012. Retrieved January 13, 2013.
"Ground beetle (Perileptus areolatus)". ARKive. Archived from the original on 2012-09-22. Retrieved January 13, 2013.
"Perileptus areolatus". Retrieved January 13, 2013.