The Influence of Landscape Heterogeneity - Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in Fthiotida, Central Greece Author Chapman, Anna Nicola text Biodiversity Data Journal 2014 2 1082 1082 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.2.e1082 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.2.e1082 1314-2828-2-1082 Poecilus cupreus (Linnaeus, 1758) Distribution Europe, Asia Minor, Central Asia and Siberia ( Arndt et al. 2011 ). Notes It may be found in woodland, arable land, meadows, pastures and alfalfa fields. It is one of the most common carabid species of agricultural land in Central Europe. It feeds on species of Arachnida , Acari , Staphylinidae , Thysanoptera , Aphidoidea , other Hemiptera species, Cantharidae , Coccinellidae , Chrysopa and Lepidoptera larvae ( Thiele 1977 ). In this study it was found in the cotton field in the homogeneous area (n = 1), the maize field in the heterogeneous area (n = 47), the maize field in the homogeneous area (n = 2) and the olive grove in the heterogeneous area (n = 1).