Light brown raven
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Light brown raven ( Manda mandibularis ) |
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The light brown ruff ( Manda mandibularis , syn .: Acrognathus mandibularis ) is a beetle from the family of the ruff (Staphylinidae). It is the only species of the genus Manda in Europe.
features
The beetles reach a body length of 6 to 8 millimeters and have a rust-red body color, the top of the body barely shines. The pronotum is almost square, has an abbreviated, point-free center line and a short longitudinal bulge on both sides of the center. The wings are slightly wider than the pronotum. The sensors have three separate, enlarged end links.
Occurrence and way of life
The species is distributed from southern northern Europe across central Europe to southern Europe and then east to Siberia . The species is mainly found at the edge of water under rotting plant material, in detritus and under stones in the bank mud. The imagines swarm evening often wet meadows and are attracted by artificial light sources. They can be found in April and May and from August to October. The species is not common but can be found in large numbers during floods .
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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 .
- A. Horion: Faunistics of the Central European Beetles Volume IX: Staphylinidae 1st part: Micropeplinae to Euaesthetinae, Ph.CW Schmidt publishing house, Neustadt ad Aisch, 1963.
- 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 3-898-53534-7
