Dianous

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Dianous
Dianous coerulescens

Dianous coerulescens

Systematics
Class : Insects (Insecta)
Order : Beetle (Coleoptera)
Subordination : Polyphaga
Family : Kurzflügler (Staphylinidae)
Subfamily : Steninae
Genre : Dianous
Scientific name
Dianous
Leach , 1819

Dianous is a genus of beetles from the family of the short-winged (Staphylinidae) within the subfamily Steninae . In Europe it occurs only with Dianous coerulescens , which is also native to Central Europe.

features

The beetles are very similar to the genus Stenus , but differ from it in their blue-metallic color and a large instead of small red spot on the wing . Furthermore, they differ from members of the genus Stenus , which have the highest short eyelash hairs, in the long bristle hairs on the last abdominal segment .

Occurrence and way of life

Habitat of Dianous coerulescens

The animals live at waterfalls, weirs and on sandy gravel banks of rivers.

Dianous coerulescens

Species (Europe)

swell

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dianous. Fauna Europaea, accessed May 31, 2009 .
  2. ^ Karl Wilhelm Harde, Frantisek Severa and Edwin Möhn: Der Kosmos Käferführer: The Central European Beetles. Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co KG, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-440-06959-1 .

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 .
  • 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 3-89853-534-7 .