Ptinella tenella
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| ( Erichson , 1845) |
Ptinella tenella is a beetle fromthe dwarf beetle family (Ptiliidae).
features
The beetles reach a body length of 0.6 to 0.65 millimeters. The species looks very similar to Ptinella aptera . The posterior angles of the pronotum are obtuse and rounded at the tip. The disk of the pronotum has no, occasionally two deep, elongated impressions. The winged form of the species is yellow and has no eyes.
Occurrence and way of life
The species is distributed in Europe in the north from the British Isles, Sweden, Norway, Finland to Karelia and in the south from France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania. The species is not common in Central Europe. The animals live under the bark of dead wood and in mud.
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, KG Lutz, Stuttgart 1908–1916. Digital Library Volume 134, Directmedia Publishing GmbH, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-89853-534-7 .