Colorful high-speed disk neck

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Colorful high-speed disk neck
2019 05 18 Stenolophus teutonus.jpg

Colorful disk neck fast runner ( Stenolophus teutonus )

Systematics
Family : Ground beetle (Carabidae)
Subfamily : Harpalinae
Tribe : Stenolophini
Genre : Stenolophus
Subgenus : Stenolophus
Type : Colorful high-speed disk neck
Scientific name
Stenolophus teutonus
( Closet , 1781)
2019 05 18 Stenolophus teutonus2.jpg
2019 05 18 Stenolophus teutonus3.jpg

The colorful disk neck fast runner ( Stenolophus teutonus ) is a beetle from the family of ground beetles (Carabidae).

features

The beetles are 5.5 to 7 mm long. The head, mesonotum (middle chest) , metanotum (rear chest) and abdomen are black. The pronotum (front chest) and legs are yellow-red. The antennae are black-brown from the 3rd link. The yellow-red elytra have an extensive black spot that extends over the rear three-fifths and extends on the sides to the eighth space. To the front, the spot often extends along the wing-cover seam to the front edge of the wing-cover.

distribution

The colorful high-speed disk neck can be found in large parts of Europe. In the north, the occurrence extends to Great Britain and the south of Scandinavia. In the south, the occurrence extends to North Africa. The species is also represented in the Azores , Madeira and the Canary Islands . In the east, the occurrence extends over Asia Minor , the Middle East and the Caucasus to Central Asia .

Way of life

The beetle species is considered eurytopic and hygrophilous . It prefers riverside, marshland and ruderal areas as well as clay and gravel pits as habitats. The beetles live there in the detritus . The beetles can also be found on wet meadows and on cultivated land. With the disappearance of many wetlands, the population of the beetle species is falling sharply. The adults hibernate. Reproduction takes place in spring.

photos

  • Dorsal view

  • Front view

  • Labrum

  • Hind tarsi

  • Ventral view

  • Side view

  • Larva sketch

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c d Heinz Freude, Karl Wilhelm Harde, Gustav Adolf Lohse: Die Käfer Mitteleuropas. Volume 2 Adephaga 1, Goecke & Evers Verlag, Krefeld 1976, ISBN 3-87263-025-3 .
  2. ↑ Karel Hurka: Beetles of the Czech and Slovak Republics . Kabourek, Zlin 2005, ISBN 80-86447-11-1 , p. 43.
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g Ekkehard Wachmann, Ralph Platen, Dieter Barndt: Ground beetle - observation, way of life. Naturbuch Verlag, Augsburg 1995, ISBN 3-89440-125-7
  4. ↑ a b c d Arved Lompe: Stenolophus determination table . coleonet.de. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
  5. ↑ a b Stenolophus (Stenolophus) teutonus in Fauna Europaea. Retrieved May 21, 2019
  6. ↑ Klaus Koch: The beetles of Central Europe - Ecology. Volume 2, Goecke & Evers Verlag, Krefeld 1989, ISBN 3-87263-040-7 , p. 67.

Web links

Commons : Colorful Disk Neck Fast Runner ( Stenolophus teutonus )  - Collection of images, videos and audio files