Ptilium
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Ptilium is a genus of beetles from the family of dwarf beetles (Ptiliidae) within the subfamily Ptiliinae . It occurs in Europe with 16 kinds, 14 kinds are also common in Central Europe.
features
The beetles are easily recognizable by the three more or less strongly developed longitudinal furrows on the pronotum . The lateral furrows are rarely missing, and then the middle furrow has no dimple-like depression. The upper side of the body is finely and densely structured and very finely haired. It is shagreened at the bottom and only has a weak sheen. The pronotum is tapered at the base, the wings are long and together end broadly rounded. The individual species of the genus are difficult to distinguish from one another.
Occurrence and way of life
The animals live in rotting plant matter and manure.
Species (Europe)
- Ptilium affine Erichson, 1845
- Ptilium caesum Erichson, 1845
- Ptilium cognatum Visited, 1971
- Ptilium cordatum (Motschulsky, 1869)
- Ptilium exaratum (Allibert, 1844)
- Ptilium fissicolle Reitter, 1884
- Ptilium fulvescens (Motschulsky, 1869)
- Ptilium horioni Rosskothen, 1934
- Ptilium latum (Gillmeister, 1845)
- Ptilium modestum Wankowicz, 1869
- Ptilium myrmecophilum (Allibert, 1844)
- Ptilium schuleri Ganglbauer, 1899
- Ptilium scrutandum Visited, 1971
- Ptilium tenue Kraatz, 1858
- Ptilium timidum Visited, 1971
- Ptilium vexans flat, 1889
swell
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ptilium. 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 .