''Aepus'' is a genus of

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s of the subfamily

Trechinae Trechinae is a subfamily in the ground beetle family, Carabidae. Genera The subfamily includes the following genera: * ''Accoella'' Uéno, 1990 * ''Acheroniotes'' Lohai & Lakota, 2010 * '' Adriaphaenops'' Noesske, 1928 * ''Aepiblemus'' Belouso ...

. Distributed in

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, on

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and the archipelago

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, UK,

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and Sweden. Representatives of this genus are characterized by the following features: *

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s are less than 2.5 mm; *

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s are rudimentary; *

Elytron An elytron (; ; , ) is a modified, hardened forewing of beetles (Coleoptera), though a few of the true bugs ( Hemiptera) such as the family Schizopteridae are extremely similar; in true bugs, the forewings are called hemelytra (sometimes alterna ...

have a few erect hairs.

Species of the genus

''Aepus'' contains the following species: *'' Aepus gallaecus'' Jeannel, 1926 *'' Aepus gracilicornis'' Wallaston, 1860 *'' Aepus marinus'' (Strom, 1783)

References

Trechinae {{Trechinae-stub