Species Account for Ophonus azureus
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Ophonus azureus (Fabricius, 1775)
Coleoptera: Carabidae
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Taxonomic group: beetles (Coleoptera) - Available county data
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Status: NS
Essex RDB: Listed
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Essex Post-1969 record/s; VC18 pre-1970 record/s; VC19 pre-1970 record/s. First post-1950 record Pitsea 2000.
Species text
Ophonus azureus has been recorded south of a line from Lincolnshire to the Mersey, but many records are pre-1970. It is found in open clay sites on the coast, but also inland on sunny chalk or limestone slopes (Luff 1998). There are very few post-1950 Essex records, with at least two sites now destroyed. References
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