Ptilium myrmecophilum
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Ptilium myrmecophilum is a beetle fromthe dwarf beetle family (Ptiliidae).
features
The beetles reach a body length of 0.5 to 0.55 millimeters and are thus slightly shorter than the similar species Ptilium exaratum . Their body is brownish-yellow in color, the head and occasionally the pronotum are brown. The tips of the wings are brightly translucent and individually rounded. The antennae and legs are colored yellow. The edges of the pronotum are poorly recognizable or missing. The lateral longitudinal lines are only hinted at, but they are never missing and mostly diverge towards the front. The sides of the pronotum base are noticeably ragged.
Occurrence and way of life
The species occurs in Europe. It is only widespread in some places in Northern Europe to Lapland , in the south it occurs as far as the Mediterranean. In Central Europe the species is common and not rare. The animals live myrmekophil with the red wood ant ( Formica rufa ).
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literature
- A. Horion: Faunistics of the Central European Beetles Volume II: Palpicornia - Staphylinoidea, Vittorio Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main, 1949.
- 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