Osphya bipunctata

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Osphya bipunctata
Osphya bipunctata, female

Osphya bipunctata , female

Systematics
Partial order : Cucujiformia
Superfamily : Tenebrionoidea
Family : Gloom Beetle (Melandryidae)
Subfamily : Osphyinae
Genre : Osphya
Type : Osphya bipunctata
Scientific name
Osphya bipunctata
( Fabricius , 1775)
male
female

Osphya bipunctata is a beetle from the family of the Dark Beetle (Melandryidae).

features

The beetles have a variable size (5–11 mm) and a variable color. This ranges from solid yellow to black. The edge or the seam can be yellow. The males are generally slimmer than the females. There are male specimens with spherically thickened rear thighs ( femora ). In addition, the rear rails ( tibia ) in some males have a large, curved tooth at the end. The females' hind legs are always slender.

distribution

Osphya bipunctata is native to the western Palearctic . The species is represented in large parts of Europe. Its main area of ​​distribution is in Southeast Europe. The occurrence of the species ranges from the south of England and the Iberian Peninsula in the west to the Caspian Sea in the east. The species is not very common in Central Europe, and even rarer in the north.

Way of life

The beetles are seen between the beginning of April and the end of June. The beetle species prefers light deciduous forests as well as sun-exposed forest edges and hedges as habitat. The beetles are particularly found on flowering hawthorns ( Crataegus ), but also on dogwood ( Cornus ), snowball ( Viburnum ) and common bird cherry ( Prunus padus ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Karel Hůrka: Beetles of the Czech and Slovak Republics . 1st edition. Kabourek, Zlín 2005, ISBN 80-86447-04-9 , p. 185–186 (Original title: Brouci Ceske a Slovenske republiky .).
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Arved Lompe: Osphya determination table . coleonet.de. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  3. ↑ a b Osphya bipunctata in Fauna Europaea. Retrieved May 26, 2020
  4. ↑ U. Schmidt: Osphya bipunctata . www.kaefer-der-welt.de. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  5. ↑ a b Klaus Koch : Die Käfer Mitteleuropas Ökologie . 1st edition. tape 2 . Goecke & Evers, Krefeld 1989, ISBN 3-87263-040-7 , pp. 328 .

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