Boat runner
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Great barnacle ( Calathus fuscipes ) |
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The barnacles , gyratory beetles , or wide- necked beetles ( Calathus ) are a genus of beetles within the family of ground beetles (Carabidae). In Europe, the genus is represented with 82 species, of which nine species occur in Central Europe.
features
The beetles are between 6 and 14 millimeters long and usually have a black-colored body that is elongated and oval in shape. Their forehead has no red spots, which distinguishes them from the escape beetles ( Dolichus ). Your pronotum is usually rectangular in shape. The claws are serrated like a comb on the inside, the epileurs of the wings are not crossed in front of the tip. The tarsi and splints (tibiae) of the hind legs are about the same length.
Occurrence and way of life
The animals live in forests and fields, especially on sandy soils. They are common across Central Europe between March and October . The overwintering takes place as a larva , the adults hatch in spring.
Types (selection)
- Large barnacle beetle or brown-footed broad- necked beetle ( Calathus fuscipes ) (Goeze, 1777)
- Schmalhalsiger calathus ( Calathus erratus ) (CR Sahlberg, 1827)
- Broad-necked barnacle ( Calathus ambiguus ) (Paykull, 1790)
- Little barnacle ( Calathus micropterus ) (Duftschmid, 1812)
- Red-necked barnacle or black -headed broad-necked maroon ( Calathus melanocephalus ) (Linné, 1758)
- Sand barnacles ( Calathus cinctus ) (Motschulsky, 1850)
- Wood Sandpiper ( Calathus rotundicollis ) Dejean, 1828
credentials
literature
- Ekkehard Wachmann , Ralph Platen, Dieter Barndt: Ground beetles - observation, way of life . Naturbuch Verlag, Augsburg 1995, ISBN 3-89440-125-7
- Jiři Zahradnik, Irmgard Jung, Dieter Jung et al .: Käfer Central and Northwestern Europe , Parey Berlin 1985, ISBN 3-490-27118-1
