Biodiversity of the endangered coastal beetle Scarites laevigatus: is the northern Adriatic population a geographical subspecies or a case of introgressive hybridisation? (Coleoptera: Carabidae)

The ground beetle Scarites laevigatus Fabricius, 1792 is a specialized predator occurring in the Mediterranean sandy shores, currently threatened with disappearance due to the widespread modification of beach ecosystems. The present study purposes a morphological analysis of the northern Adriatic fo...

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Main Author: Lorenzo Zanella
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University La Sapienza of Rome 2018-12-01
Series:Fragmenta entomologica
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Online Access:http://fragmentaentomol.org/index.php/fragmenta/article/view/274