Platystethus
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Platystethus is a genus of beetles from the family of the short-winged (Staphylinidae) within the subfamily Omaliinae . It occurs in Europe with 17 species, 9 of which also occur in Central Europe.
features
The beetles look very similar to those of the genus Oxytelus . However, they have only simple, transverse basal furrows on the tergites on the abdomen, their head is usually only separated from the pronotum by a scratched transverse line and is rarely pinched off and the top of the body is hairless. The latter also distinguishes the genus from Haploderus . The head of the male is significantly wider than that of the female and also has longer temples. It often has two thorns in the male.
Occurrence and way of life
The animals live in dung, which the larvae also feed on, or in mud on the banks of water.
Species (Europe)
- Platystethus alutaceus Thomson, 1861
- Platystethus brevipennis Baudi, 1857
- Platystethus burlei Brisout de Barneville, 1861
- Platystethus capito Heer, 1839
- Platystethus cornutus (Gravenhorst, 1802)
- Platystethus degener Mulsant & Rey , 1878
- Platystethus luzei Bernhauer, 1899
- Platystethus nitens (C. Sahlberg, 1832)
- Platystethus nodifrons Mannerheim, 1830
- Platystethus rufospinus Hochhuth, 1851
- Platystethus spinosus Erichson, 1840
- Platystethus volgensis Csiki, 1901
- Thorn rus ( Platystethus arenarius ) (Geoffroy, 1785)
- Platystethus laevis Märkel & Kiesenwetter, 1848
- Platystethus muelleri Scheerpeltz, 1955
- Platystethus oxytelinus Fauvel, 1875
- Platystethus rattus Gistel, 1857
swell
Individual evidence
- ↑ Platystethus. 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 .