Zabrus (Pelor) spinipes is a species of ground beetle belonging to the family Carabidae, genus Zabrus, subgenus Pelor.BiolibM. Le Compte Dejean Iconographie et Histoire Naturelle des Coleopteres d’Europe (1852)O. L. Kryžanovskij – 1995 A Checklist of the Ground-beetles of Russia and Adjacent Lands
Subspecies There are four subspecies of Z. spinipes: Zabrus spinipes insignis J. Müller, 1931 Zabrus spinipes rugosus (Ménétries, 1832) Zabrus spinipes spinipes (Fabricius, 1798) Zabrus spinipes stevenii (Fischer von Waldheim, 1817)
Description Zabrus (Pelor) spinipes can reach a length of . The head is large, almost oval. Elitrae are elongated, with light longitudinal striae. Body color is bright black.Pierre-François Dejean Specimens général des coléoptères de la collection du comte Dejean
Distribution This species can be found in Albania Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Greece Hungary, Moldova, Poland, North Macedonia, Slovakia, Ukraine, southern part of Russia (including Near East) and all states of former Yugoslavia (except for Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina).Zabrus (Pelor) spinipes (Fabricius, 1798) in Fauna europaea
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External links Beetles and Coleopterologists