Squid beetle
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The squid beetles ( Notiophilus ) are a genus of beetles from the family of ground beetles (Carabidae) within the subfamily Nebriinae . It occurs in Europe with 14 species and subspecies, 8 are also native to Central Europe.
features
The beetles are only 3.5 to 5.5 millimeters long. They have a flat body with a broad, parallel shape and a shiny metallic color. Her head is large, her slanted compound eyes are very large. Your pronotum is broad, its front edge is pointed. The cover wings have nine rows of points, but one is missing between the first and second row, resulting in a wide, smooth, elongated field. Some species can only be determined with certainty from a genital examination .
The larvae look similar to those of the periwinkle ( Nebria ), but their thighs, splints and tarsi are of the same length and have a rough surface.
Occurrence and way of life
The diurnal animals live in dry places, especially in clearings, meadows and heaths and hide under moss and stones. You can see them walking on the ground above the leaves. They predatory feed on springtails and mites . In Central Europe they occur in August and September. They mostly overwinter as adults .
Types (selection)
- Notiophilus aestuans Dejean , 1826
- Notiophilus aquaticus ( Linnaeus , 1758)
- Two-spotted squirrel beetle ( Notiophilus biguttatus ) ( Fabricius , 1779)
- Notiophilus danieli Reitter , 1897
- Notiophilus geminatus Dejean & Boisduval , 1830
- Notiophilus germinyi Fauvel at Grenier , 1863
- Notiophilus interstitialis Reitter , 1889
- Notiophilus laticollis Chaudoir , 1850
- Notiophilus marginatus Gené , 1839
- Notiophilus palustris ( Duftschmid , 1812)
- Notiophilus quadripunctatus Dejean , 1826
- Notiophilus reitteri Spaeth , 1900
- Notiophilus rufipes Curtis , 1829
- Notiophilus substriatus C.R. Waterhouse , 1833
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Notiophilus. Fauna Europaea, accessed May 31, 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 .
- 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 .
- Ekkehard Wachmann , Ralph Platen, Dieter Barndt: Ground beetle - observation, way of life , Naturbuch-Verlag, Augsburg 1995, ISBN 3-89440-125-7 .
