Actidium coarctatum
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| ( Haliday , 1855) |
Actidium coarctatum is a beetle fromthe dwarf beetle family (Ptiliidae).
features
The beetles reach a body length of 0.5 to 0.63 millimeters. Her body is almost dull, colored black. The elongated wings have parallel outer edges and are brown-black in color with yellow-brown translucent tips. These are blunt and broadly rounded. The antennae and legs are colored yellow. The pronotum is hardly narrower than the wing. In contrast to Actidium aterrimum, the upper side is clearly dotted and finely haired.
Occurrence and way of life
The species is halobiont and occurs on the coasts of the Atlantic and the Mediterranean . The distribution ranges from Ireland and England via France, Spain and Morocco to Greece and Egypt. They are also found on the coasts of the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark and Sweden.
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literature
- A. Horion: Faunistics of the Central European Beetles Volume II: Palpicornia - Staphylinoidea, Vittorio Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main, 1949.
- 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