Epuraea unicolor

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Epuraea unicolor
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Epuraea unicolor

Systematics
Family : Gloss beetle (Nitidulidae)
Subfamily : Epuraeinae
Tribe : Epuraeini
Genre : Epuraea
Subgenus : Epuraea
Type : Epuraea unicolor
Scientific name
Epuraea unicolor
( Olivier , 1790)

Epuraea unicolor is a beetle from the family of the gloss beetles (Nitidulidae). Some authors consider the very similar species Epuraea biguttata to be a form of E. unicolor . Epuraea unicolor isassigned tothe subgenus Epuraea .

features

The beetles grow to be 2.5–3.0 mm long. They have a red-yellow to red-brown basic color. The pronotum edge is widest in the rear quarter and not quite evenly rounded. The elytra and pronotum show larger shadow-like darkenings.

distribution

The species is common in the Palearctic . The species is widespread in Europe. In southern Central Europe it is the second most common species of the genus Epuraea after Epuraea aestiva . Their occurrence extends to North Africa, the Middle East and the Far East of Russia .

Way of life

The larvae feed in particular on the tinder fungus ( Fomes fomentarius ). Fermented plant juices from Norway maple , silver birch and English oak are also mentioned as food sources . The beetles can be observed particularly in March and April in compost heaps, at several leaves mushrooms and scale sponges ( Fomes ), in rotten wood and sludge as well as in the leaf litter.

Taxonomy

The following synonyms can be found in the literature :

  • Epuraea x-rubrum J. Sahlberg , 1911
  • Epuraea obsoleta ( Fabricius , 1792)
  • Nitidula unicolor Olivier , 1790
  • Nitidula obsoleta Fabricius , 1792

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e AS Kurochkin & AG Kirejtshuk: Notes on the synonymy, variability and bionomy of Epuraea (Epuraea) biguttata (Thunberg, 1784) and E. (E.) unicolor (Olivier, 1790) (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) ( PDF, 525 kB) Russian Entomol. J. 15 (4): 393-397. 2006. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
  2. ↑ a b c Heinz Freude, Karl Wilhelm Harde (ed.), Gustav Adolf Lohse (ed.): Die Käfer Mitteleuropas. Volume 7: Clavicornia. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Munich 1967, ISBN 3-8274-0681-1 , p. 63.
  3. ↑ a b c d Arved Lompe: Beetle of Europe - Epuraea. www.coleonet.de, accessed on March 5, 2019 .
  4. ↑ a b c Epuraea unicolor in Fauna Europaea. Retrieved March 5, 2019
  5. ↑ Klaus Koch: The beetles of Central Europe - Ecology. Volume 2, Goecke & Evers Verlag, Krefeld 1989, ISBN 3-87263-040-7 , p. 158.

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