Ptenidium
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Ptenidium is a genus of beetles from the family of dwarf beetles (Ptiliidae) within the subfamily Ptiliinae . It occurs in Europe with 20 kinds, in Central Europe 13 kinds are common.
features
The beetles have an elongated oval, strongly shiny body, the surface of which is not shagreened. The pronotum is formed differently, the base is straight, in front of it pits often appear. The wings are egg-shaped and have their widest point in the middle. Their tips converge to a common rounding. The wings are usually lighter brown, the head and pronotum are usually darker to black.
Occurrence and way of life
The animals live on rotting plant material and in manure. some species live myrmekophil with ants.
Species (Europe)
- Ptenidium insular flat, 1889
- Ptenidium matthewsi Flach, 1889
- Ptenidium nitidum (Heer, 1841)
- Ptenidium reitteri Flach, 1887
- Ptenidium gressneri Erichson, 1845
- Ptenidium laevigatum Erichson, 1845
- Ptenidium laevipenne Abeille, 1904
- Ptenidium ponteleccianum Strassen, 1955
- Ptenidium turgidum Thomson, 1855
- Ptenidium formicetorum (Kraatz, 1851)
- Ptenidium fuscicorne Erichson, 1845
- Ptenidium heydeni Flach, 1887
- Ptenidium longicorne foot, 1868
- Ptenidium penzigi Flach, 1889
- Ptenidium punctatum (Gyllenhal, 1827)
- Ptenidium pusillum (Gyllenhal, 1808)
- Ptenidium sahlbergi Ericson, 1903
- Ptenidium brenskei Flach, 1887
- Ptenidium intermedium Wankowicz, 1869
- Ptenidium coecum Joseph, 1882
swell
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ptenidium. 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 .
- Adolf 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 .