Nephanes
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Nephanes is a genus of beetles from the family of dwarf beetles (Ptiliidae) within the subfamily Acrotrichinae . It occurs in Europe with two types, in Central Europe only Nephanes titanium occurs.
features
The beetles are very similar to those of the genus Pteryx , but differ in their very small physique, the pronotum , which is widest in the middle, and its obtuse posterior angle. The genus differs from the genus Acrotrichis in that the posterior angles of the pronotum are not extended to the rear and also in their extremely small and parallel bodies. The middle sections of the antennae are slightly longer than they are wide.
Occurrence and way of life
The animals live in manure, such as in dried-on cow and horse manure.
Species (Europe)
- Nephanes euphorbiicola Israelso, 1976
- Nephane's Titan (Newman, 1834)
swell
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nephanes. Fauna Europaea, accessed May 29, 2009 .
- ^ Karl Wilhelm Harde, Frantisek Severa and Edwin Möhn: Der Kosmos Käferführer: The Central European Beetles. Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co KG, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-440-06959-1 .
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 Part 1: Micropeplinae to Euaesthetinae, Ph. CW Schmidt publishing house, Neustadt a. d. 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 .