Scaphium immaculatum
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Scaphium immaculatum is a beetle from the subfamily of the boat beetles (Scaphidiinae). The species is the only representative of its genus in Europe.
features
The beetles reach a body length of 5 to 6.5 millimeters. Their black, bald body is elongated and elliptical-boat-shaped. The forward tapered neck shield is slightly constricted at the sides behind the center and has a slanted impression. Its surface is finely dotted, in front of the base there is a larger semicircle with dots. The wings are unspotted and have six stripes with dots. The stripes are shortened at the back and sides. Basal there is a rough, transverse, somewhat curved row of points. The surface of the wings is finely dotted between the dotted stripes. The wing top seam is deeply indented. The rails ( tibia ) of the hind legs are strongly curved. The base of the antennae , the tarsi and palpi are brown-red in color, the tip of the antennae is somewhat cloudy. The splints and legs ( femora ) are dark brown. The head of the animals is almost smooth.
Occurrence and way of life
The species occurs in southern and western Europe. It populates the Mediterranean area from southern France via Italy to the Balkan Peninsula and Greece as well as North Africa. In Eastern Europe, the species is distributed north to Hungary, Slovakia and Austria. In the west the distribution extends to northern France, the south of England, Holland and the west of Germany. The species loves warmth and lives in moss, litter and on moldy wood and rotting fungi.
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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 II: Palpicornia - Staphylinoidea, Vittorio Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main, 1949.
- Edmund Reitter : Fauna Germanica. The beetles of the German Reich (= digital library . 134). Neusatz and facsimile of the 5-volume edition Stuttgart 1908 to 1916. Directmedia Publishing, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-89853-534-7 .