Flat-striped carrion beetle

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Flat-striped carrion beetle
Flat-striped carrion beetle (Silpha obscura)

Flat-striped carrion beetle ( Silpha obscura )

Systematics
Order : Beetle (Coleoptera)
Subordination : Polyphaga
Family : Carrion beetle (Silphidae)
Subfamily : Silphinae
Genre : Silpha
Type : Flat-striped carrion beetle
Scientific name
Silpha obscura
Linnaeus , 1758

The Flachstreifige carrion beetles ( Silpha obscura ) is a beetle from the family of carrion beetles (Silphidae).

features

The beetles are 13 to 17 millimeters long and have a flat build. Her body is dull black in color. The upper wings have three distinct longitudinal ribs, of which the inner ones are somewhat less pronounced than the outer ones. The spaces are evenly structured with dots. The wings have corners on the shoulder. The pronotum is smooth and flattened at the front and only slightly outlined when viewed from above. The eighth antenna segment is bell-shaped and no longer than the ninth. The fifth link is elongated and the sixth is rounded.

Subspecies

Similar species

Occurrence

The animals occur in Europe and Asia , east to Mongolia except in the far north and in the high mountains. The species is widespread and occurs most frequently in relation to the genus Silpha .

Way of life

larva

Like most carrion beetles, the flat-striped carrion beetles live on carrion, but they sometimes also feed predatory.

literature

  • Karl Wilhelm Harde, František Severa, Edwin Möhn: The Kosmos-Käferführer. The Central European beetle. 4th edition. Franckh-Kosmos, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-440-06959-1 .
  • Jiři Zahradnik, Irmgard Jung, Dieter Jung a. a .: Beetles of Central and Northwest Europe. Parey, Berlin 1985, ISBN 3-490-27118-1 .

credentials

  1. ↑ Silpha obscura obscura in Fauna Europaea. Retrieved February 18, 2011
  2. ↑ Silpha obscura orientalis in Fauna Europaea. Retrieved February 18, 2011

Web links

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