Nossidium
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Nossidium is a genus of beetles from the family of dwarf beetles (Ptiliidae) within the subfamily Ptiliinae . It occurs in Europe with two types, only the oval dwarf beetle ( Nossidium pilosellum ) is also widespread in Central Europe.
features
The beetles have an elliptical, parallel, densely and strongly punctured body. This is very thick and hairy for a relatively long time. The neck label has no Punktgrübchen, its sides are margins furrow-like. Its base is double-bayed. The wings form a common rounded tip.
Occurrence and way of life
The animals live on rotten wood and fungi that live on wood.
Species (Europe)
- Oval dwarf beetle ( Nossidium pilosellum ) (Marsham, 1802)
- Nossidium Flachi Ganglbauer, 1899
swell
Individual evidence
- ^ Nossidium. 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 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 .