Haliplus laminatus
| Haliplus laminatus | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Haliplus laminatus |
||||||||||||
| Systematics | ||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||
| Scientific name | ||||||||||||
| Haliplus laminatus | ||||||||||||
| ( Schaller , 1783) |
Haliplus laminatus is a beetle from the family of water treaders (Haliplidae).
features
The beetles reach a body length of 3.5 millimeters and are pale yellow in color. The pronotum is truncated in the middle of the front edge, its front angles protrude long and pointed to the front. The species is very similar to Haliplus flavicollis . However, at the base it has a transverse row of dots that is only imperceptibly coarser than the dots on the front edge. The sides of the pronotum are slightly rounded. The points at the base of the wings are dimple-like and larger than those of the rows of points on the wings . Interrupted, blackish longitudinal lines are often formed on the upper wings. Very rarely the animals are predominantly colored black.
Occurrence and way of life
The species is widespread in western, central and eastern Europe. In the south, it spreads to northern Spain, northern Italy and the north of the Balkans. It is widespread in Central Europe, but mostly rare and only common in places. The animals live in clean, stagnant and slowly flowing waters.
swell
literature
- Adolf Horion : Faunistics of the German beetles. Volume 1: Adephaga - Caraboidea. Hans Goecke, Krefeld 1941.
- Edmund Reitter : Fauna Germanica. The beetles of the German Reich (= digital library . 134). Neusatz and facsimile of the 5-volume edition Stuttgart 1908 to 1916. Directmedia Publishing, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-89853-534-7 .