Biology:Agathidium pulchellum

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Short description: Species of round fungus beetle

Agathidium pulchellum
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Leiodidae
Genus: Agathidium
Species:
A. pulchellum
Binomial name
Agathidium pulchellum
Wankowicz, 1869

Agathidium pulchellum is a species of round fungus beetle in the family Leiodidae.[2] This species is one of the rarest of the genus Agathidium. It feeds exclusively on a slime mold species named Trichia decipens with mid-decayed aspen, spruce and birch logs in boreal forests.[3] It is found only in natural forests where there is a ratio of at least 80 aspen and spruce logs per hectare.[4] It was first discovered in 1971 in Blåkölen in Norrbotten, Sweden.[5] A. pulchellum is considered an endangered species in Sweden,[6] and Finland .[7]

References

  1. Tykarski, P.; Putchkov, A.; Mannerkoski, I. (2010). "Agathidium pulchellum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T157552A5094208. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-1.RLTS.T157552A5094208.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/157552/5094208. Retrieved 18 November 2021. 
  2. "Agathidium (Neoceble) pulchellum Wankowicz 1869 - Encyclopedia of Life". https://eol.org/pages/3381404. 
  3. Kostanjšek, Fran; Sebek, Pavel; Baranová, Beáta; Šerić Jelaska, Lucija; Riedl, Vladan; Cizek, Lukas (2018-03-23). "Size matters! Habitat preferences of the wrinkled bark beetle, Rhysodes sulcatus , the relict species of European primeval forests". Insect Conservation and Diversity 11 (6): 545–553. doi:10.1111/icad.12295. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/323977702. 
  4. Laaksonen, Mervi; Murdoch, Kaisa; Siitonen, Juha; Várkonyi, Gergely (February 2010). "Habitat associations of Agathidium pulchellum, an endangered old-growth forest beetle species living on slime moulds" (in en). Journal of Insect Conservation 14 (1): 89–98. doi:10.1007/s10841-009-9227-0. ISSN 1366-638X. http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10841-009-9227-0. 
  5. "Artfakta från SLU Artdatabanken" (in sv). https://artfakta.se/. 
  6. Notorynchus cepedianus: Compagno, L.J.V.. 2005-10-01. doi:10.2305/iucn.uk.2005.rlts.t39324a10200310.en. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/iucn.uk.2005.rlts.t39324a10200310.en. Retrieved 2023-03-18. 
  7. Kettunen, Juhani; Silander, Jari; Lindholm, Matti; Lehtiniemi, Maiju; Setälä, Outi; Kaitala, Seppo (2016-08-25), "Changing role of citizens in national environmental monitoring", European Handbook of Crowdsourced Geographic Information (Ubiquity Press): pp. 257–267, doi:10.5334/bax.s, ISBN 9781909188792 

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