''Agonum versutum'' is a species of

ground beetle Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe. As of 2015, it is one of the 10 most species-rich animal fami ...

in the

Platyninae Platyninae is a subfamily of ground beetles (family Carabidae). Genera The subfamily Platyninae contains about 250 genera organized into three tribes: ; Tribe Omphreini Ganglbauer, 1891 : ''Omphreus'' Dejean, 1828 ; Tribe Platynini Bonelli, 1 ...

subfamily that is found in most of

Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a subcontinent of Eurasia and it is located enti ...

Description

The upper body is black with a bronze sheen or dark bronze. Microstracture of

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 ...

is barely visible at a magnification of 30 times, and consists of a thin cross-cells.

Ecology

The species prefers the

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s of

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References

versutum Beetles of Europe Beetles described in 1824 {{Platyninae-stub