Abax parallelepipedus
A large beetle (17-22 mm). The pronotum has two parallel depressions (called foveae) and it has wrinkles above its eyes. It also has a 'box-like' shape with the pronotum and elytra edges in a more or less straight line.
A few Pterosticus species are also large, black beetles but the two parallel foveae and its overall shape are reasonably distinctive.
Found under logs in woods and on damp moorlands.
It can be found all year but most records are in late summer and autumn.
Quite common throughout Britain
Common in Leicestershire and Rutland. There were a total of 104 VC55 records for this species up to March 2015.
AJ Cann
Launde Park Wood
26 November 2016
David Nicholls
Martinshaw Wood
16 May 2009
David Nicholls
Ulverscroft
18 May 2012
David Nicholls
New Lount
28 April 2012
AJ Cann
Launde Park Wood
26 November 2016
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Beetles
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Coleoptera
- Family:
- Carabidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 28
- First record:
- 01/07/1992 (Jon Daws)
- Last record:
- 26/03/2022 (Nicholls, David)
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AJ Cann
Ulverscroft
25 March 2016
AJ Cann
Launde Park Wood
26 November 2016
David Nicholls
Cloud Wood
07 July 2011
