Xantholinus

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Xantholinus
Xantholinus linearis

Xantholinus linearis

Systematics
Order : Beetle (Coleoptera)
Subordination : Polyphaga
Family : Kurzflügler (Staphylinidae)
Subfamily : Staphylininae
Tribe : Xantholinini
Genre : Xantholinus
Scientific name
Xantholinus
Dejean , 1821

Xantholinus is a genus of beetles from the family of the short-winged species (Staphylinidae) within the subfamily Staphylininae . The genus is native to the Palearctic , where it occurs mainly in the temperate zone. In Europe the genus is represented with 58 species, in Central Europe with 17 species. So far, three species have been introduced into North America, X. elegans , X. linearis and X. longiventris .

features

The beetles have small, non-protruding compound eyes . Your pronotum has two rows of points on its back, it is only slightly narrower than the wing . The tarsi are shorter than the rails ( tibia ). The antennae are longer than the head, which has two short elongated furrows in front. The mandibles are furrowed on the outside.

Occurrence and way of life

The animals live in rotting plant material, manure, sludge, under bark and feed predatory both as adults and as larvae.

Taxonomy

Xantholinus is divided into the following subgenera:

  • Calolinus Coiffait , 1956
  • Helicophallus Coiffait , 1956
  • Heterolius Coiffait , 1956
  • Idiolinus Casey , 1906
  • Meneidophallus Bordoni , 1999
  • Milichilinus Reitter , 1908
  • Paracyclinus Bordoni , 1975
  • Polydontophallus Bordoni , 1972
  • Purrolinus Coiffait , 1956
  • Typhlolinus Reitter , 1908
  • Xantholinus Dejean , 1821

Species in Europe

Below is a list of the species found in Europe.

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Individual evidence

  1. a b c Xantholinus at Fauna Europaea. Retrieved August 18, 2019
  2. ^ Karl Wilhelm Harde, Frantisek Severa and Edwin Möhn: Der Kosmos Käferführer: The Central European Beetles. Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co KG, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-440-06959-1 .
  3. ^ AJ Brunke, CG Majka: The adventive genus Xantholinus Dejean (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylininae in North America: new records and a synthesis of distributional data. In: ZooKeys. Number 65, October 2010, pp. 51-61, doi : 10.3897 /zookeys.65.574 , PMID 21594027 , PMC 3088414 (free full text).

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 .
  • 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 .

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