Flat beetle
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Pediacus depressus |
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| Latreille , 1802 |
The flat beetles (Cucujidae) are a family of beetles that can be found worldwide.
features
The beetles are 6 to 25 millimeters long and are bright red, yellow or black in color. They have an abdomen, the sides of which are largely parallel. The head is slightly triangular, with straight, 11-part antennae and large mandibles . The pronotum is narrower than the head.
Way of life
Both the beetles and the larvae live under the bark of trees.
Systematics
The Cucujidae family previously included the subfamilies Laemophloeinae , Silvanainae and Passandrinae , but these are now separate families.
In Europe there are six species in two genera:
- Genus Cucujus
- Cucujus cinnaberinus ( Scopoli , 1763)
- Cucujus haematodes Erichson , 1845
- Genus Pediacus
- Pediacus depressus ( Autumn , 1797) - russet flat beetle
- Pediacus dermestoides ( Fabricius , 1792)
- Pediacus fuscus Erichson , 1845
- Pediacus tabellatus Wollaston , 1864
credentials
- ↑ Cucujidae. Fauna Europaea, Version 1.3, April 19, 2007 , accessed June 19, 2007 .
literature
- Edmund Reitter : Fauna Germanica - The beetles of the German Empire. Volume 3 p. 42, KG Lutz, Stuttgart 1911
- 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
Web links
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