Black-headed beard runner
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Black-headed Bearded Man ( Leistus terminatus ) |
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The black-headed bearded runner ( Leistus terminatus ) is a beetle from the family of ground beetles (Carabidae).
features
The beetles reach a body length of 6.5 to 7.5 millimeters. Their body is red-yellow in color, but the head is black, unlike the similar common bearded man ( Leistus ferrugineus ). The abdomen is also black, the reddish-yellow-brown wing covers ( elytra ) are slim, oval shaped, widened slightly back and carry longitudinal grooves. Their tips are usually black in color. The heart-shaped pronotum has only a narrow side edge and is also reddish-yellow-brown. The antennae and legs are colored yellow-orange.
Similar species
- Common bearded runner ( Leistus ferrugineus )
Occurrence and way of life
The animals come from northern France across central and northern Europe , east to Siberia . They are absent in southern Europe and are also rarer in southern central Europe. They live in reed-covered swamps, moors and swamp forests, in the north also in moist deciduous and coniferous forests and are rare. The overwintering takes place as a larva .
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literature
- Ekkehard Wachmann , Ralph Platen, Dieter Barndt: Ground beetles - observation, way of life. Naturbuch-Verlag, Augsburg 1995, ISBN 3-89440-125-7
- Edmund Reitter : Fauna Germanica - The beetles of the German Empire. Volume 1 p. 91, KG Lutz, Stuttgart 1912
- 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 3-89853-534-7
- Jiři Zahradnik, Irmgard Jung, Dieter Jung et al .: Beetles of Central and Northwestern Europe. Parey, Berlin 1985, ISBN 3-490-27118-1 .
