Agonum chalconotum Ménétriés, 1832
Taxonomy: Adephaga > Carabidae > Agonum > Agonum > Agonum chalconotum
Description
Size: 7.5-8.3mm
Basic colour: Green and coppery to almost black.
Pattern colour: Uniform.
Pronotoum: Narrower and flatter than elytra.
Leg colour: Dark brown
Confusion species: Agonum muelleri
Basic colour: Green and coppery to almost black.
Pattern colour: Uniform.
Pronotoum: Narrower and flatter than elytra.
Leg colour: Dark brown
Confusion species: Agonum muelleri
The history of this beetle in Britain is an intriguing one and neatly summarised on Mark Telfer's website where it has been assigned the status of missing Carabid: http://markgtelfer.co.uk/beetles/carabidae-ground-beetles/live-carabids-needed-can-you-help/agonum-chalconotum/
Biology
Status: Found only in Scotland on river Clyde below Glasgow but not since 1914.
RDB Category: Critically endangered
Habitat: Riperian.
Other notes: Elytral microsculpture almost regularly isodiametric.
RDB Category: Critically endangered
Habitat: Riperian.
Other notes: Elytral microsculpture almost regularly isodiametric.