''Agrypnus murinus'' is a species of click beetle belonging to the family Elateridae subfamily Agrypninae. Elateridae - Agrypnus murinus

This beetle is present in most of Europe, the eastern Palearctic realm, the

Near East The ''Near East''; he, המזרח הקרוב; arc, ܕܢܚܐ ܩܪܒ; fa, خاور نزدیک, Xāvar-e nazdik; tr, Yakın Doğu is a geographical term which roughly encompasses a transcontinental region in Western Asia, that was once the hist ...

and the

Nearctic realm The Nearctic realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting the Earth's land surface. The Nearctic realm covers most of North America, including Greenland, Central Florida, and the highlands of Mexico. The parts of North America t ...

. The dark-brown larvae of this beetle develop in the soil, eating roots, worms and larvae of other insects. The adults grow up to long and is mostly encountered from late April through June in open or mountain areas, low forests or grassland habitats, being sometimes dangerous for crops. The whole body is grey-brown with greyish points and is covered with a thick pubescence, while legs and antennae are mainly reddish or dark-brown.

References

* Mendel, H & Clarke, R.E, 1996, Provisional Atlas of the click beetles of (Coleoptera: Elateroidea) of Britain and Ireland, Ipswich Borough Council Museums, Ipswich * Speight, M.C.D., 1989, The Irish Elaterid and Buprestid fauna (Coleoptera: Elateridae and Buprestidae), Bulletin Irish biogeographical Society, 12: 31-62
Atlas of beetles of Russia

Elateridae of British Isles

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Fauna Europaea

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q1305137 Elateridae Beetles of Europe Beetles described in 1758 Articles containing video clips Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus