Ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) of rice field banks and restored habitats in an agricultural area of the Po Plain (Lombardy, Italy) Author Pilon, Nicola Author Cardarelli, Elisa Author Bogliani, Giuseppe text Biodiversity Data Journal 2013 1 972 972 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.1.e972 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.1.e972 1314-2828-1-972 azureus Ophonus Carabidae Polyphaga Coleoptera Endopterygota Pterygota Insecta Arthropoda Animalia Ophonus azureus (Fabricius, 1775) Notes Central Asiatic-European-Mediterranean. Open habitats, xerophilous. Pteridimorphic, with winter larvae. Small size. Spermatophagous. Rare in the study area (n = 1); recorded in herbaceous buffer strips only.