Amphotis marginata
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Amphotis marginata is a beetle from the family of the gloss beetles (Nitidulidae).
features
The rust-red colored beetles are 3.8-5.8 mm long. They are easily recognizable by their greatly enlarged first antennae . Pronotum and elytra have a wide margin. The middle of the pronotum and the elytra are colored brown to brown-black. Five longitudinal ribs run over the wing covers.
distribution
Amphotis marginata is the only representative of the genus Amphotis in Central Europe. The species is widespread in Europe. Except for the far north, the species occurs everywhere in Europe. In Central Europe, their frequency increases towards the south.
Way of life
The myrmecophilic beetles are often found in forests and on forest edges near nests of the glossy black wood ant ( Lasius fuliginosus ). The beetles are usually seen from mid-May to mid-June. During this time pairing and migration to new locations takes place. The beetles are food parasites of Lasius fuliginosus . They watch the workers on their way back and “beg” for food. In doing so, they imitate their signals.
Individual evidence
- ^ Arved Lompe: Beetles of Europe - Amphotis. www.coleo-net.de, accessed on May 27, 2018 .
- ^ A b c Heinz Freude, Karl Wilhelm Harde, Gustav Adolf Lohse (ed.): Die Käfer Mitteleuropas . tape 7 . Clavicornia. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Munich 1967, ISBN 3-8274-0681-1 , p. 66 .
- ↑ a b K. Hurka: Beetles of the Czech and Slovak Republics. Kabourek, Zlin 2005, ISBN 80-86447-11-1 , p. 154.
- ^ A b c Karl Wilhelm Harde, Frantisek Severa: Der Kosmos Käferführer. The Central European beetle. 4th edition. Franckh-Kosmos Verlag, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-440-06959-1 , p. 206.
- ↑ a b Amphotis marginata in Fauna Europaea. Retrieved May 27, 2018
- ↑ Klaus Koch: The beetles of Central Europe - Ecology. Volume 2, Goecke & Evers Verlag, Krefeld 1989, ISBN 3-87263-040-7 , p. 161.
- ↑ a b c d e f Bert Hölldobler, Christina L. Kwapich: Amphotis marginata (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) a highwayman of the ant Lasius fuliginosus . plos.org, August 7, 2017, accessed May 27, 2018 .
Web links
- www.kerbtier.de
- Video: Amphotis marginata beetle (Nitidulidae) - begging for food at Lasius fuliginosus . Institute for Scientific Film (IWF) 1973, made available by the Technical Information Library (TIB), doi : 10.3203 / IWF / E-2014 .
- Video: Ants begging for food - gloss beetle (Amphotis marginata) . Institute for Scientific Film (IWF) 1976, made available by the Technical Information Library (TIB), doi : 10.3203 / IWF / K-21 .