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

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Poecilus cupreus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Poecilus cupreus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Poecilus cupreus is a widespread Palearctic woodland ground beetle in the family Carabidae native to Europe.

Family
Genus
Poecilus
Order
Coleoptera
Class
Insecta

About Poecilus cupreus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Poecilus cupreus was first described by Linnaeus in 1758. It is a species of woodland ground beetle that belongs to the ground beetle family Carabidae. This species is native to the Palearctic realm, and it can be found widely distributed across Europe.

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

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Poecilus

More from Carabidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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