Xantholinus elegans

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Xantholinus elegans
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Xantholinus elegans

Systematics
Family : Kurzflügler (Staphylinidae)
Subfamily : Staphylininae
Tribe : Xantholinini
Genre : Xantholinus
Subgenus : Polydontophallus
Type : Xantholinus elegans
Scientific name
Xantholinus elegans
( Olivier , 1795)
preparation

Xantholinus elegans is a beetle from the family of the short-winged birds (Staphylinidae).

features

The 9–12 mm long beetles are strikingly colored. The head is black, the pronotum is completely yellow-red in color. The elytra are also yellow-red, the abdomen is black. The rear edge of the tergite is narrowly lightened. The 6th exposed tergite is always black on the front half. Legs and antennae are colored yellow-red.

distribution

The beetle species is native to the western Palearctic . It occurs in Western and Central Europe. The species is also represented in the British Isles . It is absent in Scandinavia. The species was apparently introduced to North America. The first evidence at the beginning of the 21st century comes from the south of the Canadian province of Ontario .

Way of life

The xerophilic beetle species prefers warm slopes with sandy soil as a habitat. The brachypteran (short-winged) beetles usually stay under stones, tufts of grass or moss. Both the adult beetles and the larvae predatory feed on small animals such as woodlice or mites. The species trains two generations per year, at least in Europe . The beetles are usually seen in spring and late summer.

Taxonomy

The following synonyms can be found in the literature :

  • Xantholinus jarrigei Coiffait , 1956
  • Polydontophallus jarrigei
  • Xantholinus meridionalis auct. nec Nordmann , 1837
  • Xantholinus semirufus auct. nec Reitter , 1901

Individual evidence

  1. ^ U. Schmidt: Xantholinus elegans . kaefer-der-welt.de. Retrieved August 18, 2019.
  2. ↑ a b c d e H. Freude, KW Harde, GA Lohse: Die Käfer Mitteleuropas. Volume 4. Staphylinidae I (Micropeplinae to Tachyporinae)., Goecke & Evers Verlag, Krefeld, 1964. Page 164.
  3. ↑ a b c d e f A. J. 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, p. 51 -61, doi : 10.3897 / zookeys.65.574 , PMID 21594027 , PMC 3088414 (free full text).
  4. ↑ a b c Xantholinus (Polydontophallus) elegans in Fauna Europaea. Retrieved August 18, 2019
  5. ^ A b Klaus Koch: Die Käfer Mitteleuropas - Ökologie - Volume 1 , Goecke & Evers Verlag, Krefeld, 1989, ISBN 3-87263-037-7 . P. 290.
  6. ↑ Xantholinus elegans . www.biolib.cz. Retrieved August 18, 2019.

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