Biology:Cteniopus sulphureus
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Short description: Species of beetle
Cteniopus sulphureus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
Family: | Tenebrionidae |
Genus: | Cteniopus |
Species: | C. sulphureus
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Binomial name | |
Cteniopus sulphureus | |
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Cteniopus sulphureus is a species of comb-clawed beetles belonging to the family Tenebrionidae subfamily Alleculinae.
These beetles are mainly present in Denmark , Finland , Slovenia, Italy and Sweden.
The adults grow up to 7–8 millimetres (0.28–0.31 in) long. Elytra are pale yellow, while head and pronotum are orange-yellow. The shape of the head is extended forward. These thermophilic beetles can mainly be encountered in sunny places on inflorescences of Apiaceae and Asteraceae species, especially Achillea species.
Subspecies
- Cteniopus sulphureus var. analis Seidlitz
- Cteniopus sulphureus var. murinus Herbst
- Cteniopus sulphureus var. palpalis Seidlitz
- Cteniopus sulphureus var. sulphuratus Gmelin
References
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q5191622 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cteniopus sulphureus.
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