Melanimon tibial

Melanimon tibial
	Melanimon tibial
Systematics
Order :	Beetle (Coleoptera)
Family :	Black beetle (Tenebrionidae)
Subfamily :	Tenebrioninae
Tribe :	Melanimini
Genre :	Melanimon
Type :	Melanimon tibial
Scientific name
	Melanimon tibial
	( Fabricius , 1781)

preparation

Melanimon tibiale is a beetle from the family of black beetles (Tenebrionidae). The species is the only representative of the genus Melanimon in Central Europe.

features

The matt black beetles are 3–4 mm long. The short antennae have club-shaped end links. The laterally rounded pronotum is as wide as the base of the wing cover. The roughly dotted pronotum has 5 smooth spots. Two raised longitudinal ribs run over the wing covers. The wing covers enclose the entire abdomen. The front rails are greatly widened.

distribution

Melanimon tibiale is a Palearctic species. It is widespread in Europe. In the north they occur as far as Scandinavia and Great Britain. The species is absent on the Iberian Peninsula. In the east, its range extends to Central Asia and Siberia.

Way of life

The adult beetles can be seen in May and June. The beetle species prefers dry sandy soils, especially coastal and inland dunes, as a biotope. Melanimon tibiale is often found in the same habitat as the somewhat larger black beetle species Opatrum sabulosum .

Taxonomy

The following synonyms can be found in the literature :

Melanimon tibialis ( Fabricius , 1781)
Opatrum tibiale Fabricius , 1781

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Melanimon tibiale in Fauna Europaea. Retrieved May 5, 2018
↑ ^a ^b ^c Jiři Zahradnik, Irmgard Jung, Dieter Jung et al .: Käfer of Central and Northwestern Europe. Parey, Berlin 1985, ISBN 3-490-27118-1
↑ ^a ^b ^c Julio Ferrer, Alejandro Castro Tovar: DESCRIPCIÓN DE UNA NUEVA ESPECIE DEL GÉNERO MELANIMON STEVENS, 1829 DE LA PENÍNSULA IBÉRICA (COLEOPTERA, TENEBRIONIDAE) (PDF, 1.6 MB) Boletín de la Sociedica Ar Entomológ 47 (2010): 39-44. Retrieved May 5, 2018.

Web links

Commons : Melanimon tibiale - collection of images, videos and audio files

Melanimon tibiale at www.tuin-thijs.com
Melanimon tibiale at www.biolib.cz
www.kerbtier.de

[faunaeur-1] Melanimon tibiale in Fauna Europaea. Retrieved May 5, 2018

[zahradnik-2] Jiři Zahradnik, Irmgard Jung, Dieter Jung et al .: Käfer of Central and Northwestern Europe. Parey, Berlin 1985, ISBN 3-490-27118-1

[ferrer-3] Julio Ferrer, Alejandro Castro Tovar: DESCRIPCIÓN DE UNA NUEVA ESPECIE DEL GÉNERO MELANIMON STEVENS, 1829 DE LA PENÍNSULA IBÉRICA (COLEOPTERA, TENEBRIONIDAE) (PDF, 1.6 MB) Boletín de la Sociedica Ar Entomológ 47 (2010): 39-44. Retrieved May 5, 2018.