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 Pterostichus (Platysma) niger (Schaller, 1783) Distribution Europe, Turkey, Iran, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Mongolia, Siberia and the Far East ( Arndt et al. 2011 ). Notes It is found in woodland, heathland and damp grassland ( Luff 2007 ). It is zoophagous, thermophilous, xerophilous and an autumn breeder. It lives close to field margins and hedgerows ( Thiele 1977 ). It is common in spring planted crops and in those where minimum tillage has been practiced ( Holland and Luff 2000 ). In this study, it was found in the cotton field in the heterogeneous area (n = 1), the cotton field in the homogeneous area (n = 15), the maize field in the heterogeneous area (n = 153), the maize field in the homogeneous area (n = 82), the olive grove in the heterogeneous area (n = 11), the wheat field in the heterogeneous area (n = 1) and the wheat field in the homogeneous area (n = 17).