Pteryx
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Pteryx is a genus of beetles from the family of dwarf beetles (Ptiliidae) within the subfamily Ptiliinae . It occurs in Europe with six species, in Central Europe only Pteryx suturalis occurs.
features
The pronotum of the animals is not heart-shaped and about the same width as the wing . The back angles are not drawn back and do not include the base of the ceiling. The wings have their widest point behind the middle, the rear angles are very blunt. The species of the genus can occur in two forms, one of which is wingless and has only small eyes.
Occurrence and way of life
The animals live under tree bark and rotting wood.
Species (Europe)
- Pteryx franzi Israelson, 1976
- Pteryx ganglbaueri Ericson, 1909
- Pteryx oraniensis Normand, 1934
- Pteryx splendens beach, 1960
- Pteryx subtruncata Rey, 1889
- Pteryx suturalis (Heer, 1841)
swell
Individual evidence
- ^ Pteryx. 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 .