Actidium
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Actidium boudieri |
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Actidium is a genus of beetles from the family of dwarf beetles (Ptiliidae) within the subfamily Ptiliinae . It occurs in Europe with seven types and subspecies, five types are also common in Central Europe.
features
The very small beetles are similar to those of the genus Ptilium . Its body is narrow and has almost parallel sides, the color is dark and dull. The pronotum is tapered backwards and sloping sideways to the base. The pronotum base is significantly narrower than its front edge. The pronotum is the same width as the wing . These are stretched and form a curve at their tip. They have no longitudinal furrows.
Occurrence and way of life
The animals colonize humid habitats on swamps, rivers and on the seashore. They live in moss or rotting plant material.
Species (Europe)
- Actidium aterrimum (Motschulsky, 1845)
- Actidium boudieri (Allibert, 1844)
- Actidium coarctatum (Haliday, 1855)
- Actidium kraatzi Flach, 1889
- Actidium reitteri Flach, 1887
- Actidium reticulatum Visited, 1971
- Actidium variolatum Flach, 1887
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Individual evidence
- ^ Actidium. Fauna Europaea, accessed May 29, 2009 .
- ^ Karl Wilhelm Harde, Frantisek Severa and Edwin Möhn: Der Kosmos Käferführer: The Central European Beetles. Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co KG, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-440-06959-1 .
literature
- Karl Wilhelm Harde , Frantisek Severa and Edwin Möhn: The Kosmos Käferführer: The Central European Beetles. Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co KG, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-440-06959-1 .
- Adolf Horion : Faunistics of the Central European Beetles Volume IX: Staphylinidae 1st part: Micropeplinae to Euaesthetinae, Ph.CW Schmidt publishing house, Neustadt ad Aisch, 1963.
- Edmund Reitter : Fauna Germanica - The beetles of the German Empire. 5 volumes, Stuttgart KG Lutz 1908–1916, digital library volume 134, Directmedia Publishing GmbH, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-898-53534-7 .