Abax parallelepipedus

{{Short description|Species of beetle}}

{{Speciesbox

| image = Abax.parallelepipedus.jpg

| genus = Abax

| parent = Abax (Abax)

| species = parallelepipedus

| authority = (Piller & Mitterpacher, 1783)

| subdivision_ranks = Selected subspecies

| subdivision =

• Abax parallelepipedus ssp. alpigradus
• Abax parallelepipedus ssp. audouini
• Abax parallelepipedus ssp. contractus
• Abax parallelepipedus ssp. curtulus
• Abax parallelepipedus ssp. germanus
• Abax parallelepipedus ssp. inferior
• Abax parallelepipedus ssp. lombardus
• Abax parallelepipedus ssp. parallelepipedus
• Abax parallelepipedus ssp. subpunctatus

}}

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Abax parallelepipedus is a species of ground beetle native to Europe, where it is found in Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, mainland Denmark, Estonia, mainland France, Germany,{{cite journal |author1=Marcus T |author2=Boch S |author3= Durka W |author4=Fischer M |author5=Gossner MM |author65=Müller J |display-authors= etal |title=Living in Heterogeneous Woodlands - Are Habitat Continuity or Quality Drivers of Genetic Variability in a Flightless Ground Beetle? |journal=PLOS ONE |year= 2015 |volume= 10 |issue= 12 |pages= e0144217 |pmid= 26641644 |doi= 10.1371/journal.pone.0144217 |pmc= 4671619 |bibcode=2015PLoSO..1044217M |doi-access=free }} Great Britain, Hungary, mainland Italy, Kaliningrad, Latvia (doubtful), Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Moldova, mainland Norway, Poland, central and southern Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, mainland Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Ukraine and Yugoslavia. The species is also an introduced species in North America, where it was first detected in 1965.{{cite web |url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/497382 |title=Species Abax parallelepipedus |website=BugGuide |access-date=2025-05-06 }} American records are from Atlantic Canada and Jamaica.{{cite web |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/5754772 |title=Abax parallelepipedus (Piller & Mitterpacher, 1783) |website=Global Biodiversity Information Facility }}