Stenomax aeneus
Stenomax aeneus | |
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Stenomax aeneus. Museum specimen | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Hexapoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Tenebrionidae |
Subfamily: | Tenebrioninae |
Tribe: | Helopini |
Genus: | Stenomax |
Species: | S. aeneus |
Binomial name | |
Stenomax aeneus (Scopoli, 1763) | |
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Stenomax aeneus is a species of darkling beetles belonging to the family Tenebrionidae subfamily Tenebrioninae. [1]
Subspecies
- Stenomax aeneus aeneus (Scopoli, 1763)
- Stenomax aeneus incurvus (Küster, 1850)
Description
Stenomax aeneus can reach a length of 12–16 millimetres (0.47–0.63 in). These beetles have a black-brown, elongated body with very long legs. The central pair of legs is hairy at the top. At the end of the abdomen, the elytra form two small spurs. [2]
Distribution and habitat
This quite common species is present in south-eastern and Central Europe (Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Switzerland). [3] These beetles live on branches infested with fungi and under bark of deciduous trees.
References
- ↑ Biolib
- ↑ Harde, Severa: Der Kosmos Käferführer, Die mitteleuropäischen Käfer. Kosmos-Verlag, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-440-06959-1
- ↑ Fauna europaea
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