Stenus guttula
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Stenus guttula is a beetle from the family of the short-winged species (Staphylinidae).
features
The beetles reach a body length of 4 to 4.5 millimeters. The wings have a yellow, round discal patch. They are longer and significantly wider than the pronotum . The legs of the animals, including the tarsi, are mostly colored yellow. The base of the tergite has no wrinkles.
Occurrence and way of life
The species occurs in the southern Palearctic . It is widespread in Central and Southern Europe, southern Northern Europe, North Africa, the Azores , Canaries and Madeira as well as in Siberia . The species is common and not uncommon in Austria, in Germany it is only very locally and rarely distributed in the south and in the middle, in the north it occurs only sporadically. The animals colonize the banks of streams and rivulets, damp, loamy, muddy places, damp bog and rotting plant material. They occur from April to November, but can also be observed in winter.
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literature
- A. Horion: Faunistics of the Central European Beetles Volume IX: Staphylinidae 1st part: Micropeplinae to Euaesthetinae, Ph.CW Schmidt publishing house, Neustadt ad Aisch, 1963.
- 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