Oligella (animal species)
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Oligella is a genus of beetles from the family of dwarf beetles (Ptiliidae) within the subfamily Ptiliinae . It occurs in Europe with four types, three types are also common in Central Europe.
features
See the beetles of the genus which Ptilium very similar and differ from them by the poorly educated middle groove on the neck plate , the rear before the tag ( scutellum is slightly recessed grübchenförmig). The non-exposed episterns of the metathorax and the narrower separated hips ( coxes ) of the hind legs also distinguish the two genera.
Occurrence and way of life
The animals live under rotting plant matter and manure.
Species (Europe)
- Light brown dwarf beetle ( Oligella foveolata ) (Allibert, 1844)
- Oligella insignis (Matthews, 1861)
- Oligella intermedia visited, 1971
- Oligella nana (beach, 1946)
swell
Individual evidence
- ↑ Oligella. 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 .