Red-necked Silphe

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Red-necked Silphe
The red-necked silphe (Oiceoptoma thoracicum)

The red-necked silphe ( Oiceoptoma thoracicum )

Systematics
Class : Insects (Insecta)
Order : Beetle (Coleoptera)
Subordination : Polyphaga
Family : Carrion beetle (Silphidae)
Genre : Oiceoptoma
Type : Red-necked Silphe
Scientific name
Oiceoptoma thoracicum
( Linnaeus , 1758)

The Red-necked Silphe ( Oiceoptoma thoracicum ) is a kind from the family of carrion beetles (Silphidae).

features

Red-necked silpha are 11 to 16 millimeters long and have a flat and oval body. The wings are black, the pronotum, however, is strikingly orange to red and covered with fine, golden hair. The red pronotum makes them unmistakable. A couple of protruding longitudinal ribs can be seen on the wings, the edge is slightly curved upwards. The feelers are thickened like a piston at the end.

larva

Occurrence

The beetles are widespread in the Palearctic , including in the far north. They are often found on faeces or carrion, and very often also on ripe stinkhorn .

Red-necked silphe on a dead fish
Red-necked silpha (Oiceoptoma thoracicum) feed on a dead frog.

Way of life

The red-necked silphe feeds mainly on excrement, carrion and rotting plants. Stinkhorns benefit from the beetles because they spread their spores. The larvae lead a similar way of life as the adult beetles. They can be found at the same time as the adult beetles.

literature

  • Karl Wilhelm Harde and Frantisek Severa: The Kosmos Käferführer. The Central European beetle. Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co, Stuttgart 2000 ISBN 3-440-06959-1
  • Jiři Zahradnik, Irmgard Jung, Dieter Jung et al .: Beetles of Central and Northwestern Europe. Parey, Berlin 1985 ISBN 3-490-27118-1

Web links

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