Panagaeus cruxmajor (Linnaeus, 1758)
Taxonomy: Adephaga > Carabidae > Panagaeus > Panagaeus cruxmajor
Common name:
Crucifix Ground Beetle
Images
Source:
Roger Key
Source:
Lech Borowiec
Description
Size: 7.4-8.8mm
Basic colour: Black, with two large transverse red spots on each elytra.
Number of spots: 2
Pronotoum: Wider than long, densely punctured with large pores only, and pubescent.
Leg colour: Black.
Confusion species: Panagaeus bipustulatus
Basic colour: Black, with two large transverse red spots on each elytra.
Number of spots: 2
Pronotoum: Wider than long, densely punctured with large pores only, and pubescent.
Leg colour: Black.
Confusion species: Panagaeus bipustulatus
Biology
Status: Very scarce. Widely distributed but local in England, as far north as Lincolnshire, south Wales and south Ireland.
RDB Category: Vulnerable
UKBAP Species: Yes
Habitat: Litter, well-vegetated fens and dune slacks, always near water.
Other notes: Elytra pubescent, striae moderately punctured, intervals flat.
RDB Category: Vulnerable
UKBAP Species: Yes
Habitat: Litter, well-vegetated fens and dune slacks, always near water.
Other notes: Elytra pubescent, striae moderately punctured, intervals flat.
Articles
Hammond, M. & Merritt, R. (2011). A new site for Panagaeus cruxmajor (Linnaeus) (Carabidae) in North Lincolnshire. The Coleopterist 20(1): 4.
Warrington, S. (2009). Panagaeus cruxmajor (Linnaeus) (Carabidae) at Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire: a clarification. The Coleopterist 18(1): 33.