Axinotarsus pulicarius

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Axinotarsus pulicarius
Axinotarsus pulicarius, female

Axinotarsus pulicarius , female

Systematics
Order : Beetle (Coleoptera)
Family : Melyridae
Subfamily : Elder beetle (Malachiinae)
Genre : Axinotarsus
Subgenus : Axinotarsus
Type : Axinotarsus pulicarius
Scientific name
Axinotarsus pulicarius
( Fabricius , 1777)
Axinotarsus pulicarius , male

Axinotarsus pulicarius , also known as the small warthog beetle , is a beetle from the subfamily of the tip beetle (Malachiinae). Along with A. marginalis and A. ruficollis, Axinotarsus pulicarius isone of three species of the genus Axinotarsus that occur in Central Europe.

features

The elongated beetles reach a length between 3 and 3.7 mm. The beetles have a black basic color. The forehead is light yellow, the side edges of the pronotum reddish and the tips of the wing covers yellowish-red. The beetles have fine, lying hair. The antennae are red-brown. The first antenna segment is a little darker than the rest. The females are less slender. In contrast to the males, the abdomen of the females protrudes beyond the rear end of the elytra.

Similar species

  • A. marginalis - the beetles are smaller; anterior and middle tibiae lighter in color
  • A. ruficollis - the pronotum is solid red in color

distribution

Axinotarsus pulicarius is widespread in Europe. The distribution area extends from the Iberian Peninsula and Italy across Central Europe to southern Scandinavia. The species is locally represented in southern England. In the east, the occurrence extends to the Caucasus .

Way of life

The beetles can be found on flowering grasses, especially on woolly honeydew grass ( Holcus lanatus ) and common ball grass ( Dactylus glomerata ). There they suck on pollen. The flight time lasts from May to July.

Taxonomy

In the literature, the following synonyms are used for the species :

  • Malachius pulicarius Fabricius , 1777

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Jiři Zahradnik, Irmgard Jung, Dieter Jung et al .: Käfer Central and Northwestern Europe. Parey, Berlin 1985, ISBN 3-490-27118-1 , p. 197.
  2. ↑ Harde, Severa: Der Kosmos Käferführer, The Central European Beetles , Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-440-06959-1 , p. 184
  3. ↑ a b c Arved Lompe: Beetle of Europe: Axinotarsus . www.coleonet.de. Retrieved July 12, 2019.
  4. ↑ a b Axinotarsus (Axinotarsus) pulicarius (Fabricius, 1777) in Fauna Europaea. Retrieved July 12, 2019
  5. ↑ a b Klaus Koch: Die Käfer Mitteleuropas - Ökologie - Volume 2 , Goecke & Evers Verlag, Krefeld, 1989, ISBN 3-87263-040-7 , p. 49

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