Ptiliolum
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Ptiliolum spencei |
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Ptiliolum is a genus of beetles from the family of dwarf beetles (Ptiliidae) within the subfamily Ptiliinae . It occurs in Europe with 13 kinds, in Central Europe seven kinds are common.
features
The beetles differ from those of the genus Ptilium in the lack of a longitudinal furrow on the pronotum , from Micridium in the different shape and the weakly pronounced luster of the upper side of the body, and from Actidium in the pronotum which is not beveled at the back and which is not narrower at the base than at the front edge. The tip of the Telsons is drawn out into a fine, sharp tooth. The genus also differs from Ptilium in that the episterns on the metathorax are not exposed .
Occurrence and way of life
The animals live on rotting plant material and in dry manure and animal excrement.
Species (Europe)
- Ptiliolum visits Israelson, 1976
- Ptiliolum caledonicum (Sharp, 1871)
- Ptiliolum schwarzi (Flach, 1887)
- Ptiliolum stockmanni Visited, 1971
- Ptiliolum wuesthoffi Rosskothen, 1934
- Ptiliolum africanum Peyerimhoff, 1917
- Ptiliolum fuscum (Erichson, 1845)
- Ptiliolum hopffgarteni (Flach, 1888)
- Ptiliolum marginatum (Aube, 1850)
- Ptiliolum sahlbergi (Flach, 1888)
- Ptiliolum spencei (Allibert, 1844)
- Ptiliolum oedipus (Flach, 1886)
- Ptiliolum oetzeni (Flach, 1888)
swell
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ptiliolum. 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 .