Thorny rush-winged
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Thorn rus ( Platystethus arenarius ) |
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| ( Geoffroy , 1785) |
The spiny raspy-winged beetle ( Platystethus arenarius ) is a beetle from the family of the rhinoceros (Staphylinidae).
features
The beetles reach a body length of 2.8 to 5 millimeters and have a black colored body. The neck plate has a deep groove, the Suturalwinkel the deck wing is rounded. Occasionally the wing covers are colored brown-yellow.
Occurrence and way of life
The species occurs in the entire Palearctic , including in the far north. You can find the species from the flatlands to altitudes of over 2000 meters. The animals colonize fresh cattle and sheep dung, decaying plant parts and also mud on the banks of water. They are very common everywhere and often swarm as adults .
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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 .
- A. 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