Elaphrus riparius (Linnaeus, 1758) is a animal in the Carabidae family, order Coleoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Elaphrus riparius (Linnaeus, 1758)

Elaphrus riparius (Linnaeus, 1758)

Elaphrus riparius is a ground beetle species native to the Palearctic and Near East, with a wide recorded distribution across Europe.

Family
Genus
Elaphrus
Order
Coleoptera
Class
Insecta

About Elaphrus riparius (Linnaeus, 1758)

Elaphrus riparius (Linnaeus, 1758) is a species of ground beetle that is native to the Palearctic and the Near East. In Europe, this species has been recorded in Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Great Britain (including Shetland, Orkney, Hebrides and the Isle of Man), Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, mainland Denmark, Estonia, Finland, mainland France, Germany, Hungary, the Republic of Ireland, mainland Italy (its presence here is doubtful), Kaliningrad, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Northern Ireland, mainland Norway, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, mainland Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Ukraine, and Yugoslavia.

Photo: (c) Pentti Ketola, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Pentti Ketola · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Elaphrus

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