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{{Short description|Species of beetle}}
{{Short description|Species of beetle}}
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| image = File:Glischrochilus quadripunctatus natur.jpg
| image = Glischrochilus quadripunctatus natur.jpg
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| image_caption =''Glischrochilus quadripunctatus''
| genus = Glischrochilus
| regnum = [[Biology:Animal|Animal]]ia
| species = quadripunctatus
| phylum = [[Biology:Arthropod|Arthropod]]a
| authority = [[Biography:Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[Biology:10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]
| classis = [[Biology:Insect|Insect]]a
| ordo = [[Biology:Beetle|Coleoptera]]
| infraordo = [[Biology:Cucujiformia|Cucujiformia]]
| superfamilia = [[Biology:Cucujoidea|Cucujoidea]]
| familia = [[Biology:Nitidulidae|Nitidulidae]]
| genus = ''[[Biology:Glischrochilus|Glischrochilus]]''
| subgenus = ''Glischrochilus''
| species = '''''G. quadripunctatus'''''
| binomial = ''Glischrochilus quadripunctatus''
| binomial_authority = [[Biography:Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[Biology:10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]
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'''''Glischrochilus quadripunctatus''''', commonly known as the '''European bark beetle predator''' is a species of beetle in the genus ''[[Biology:Glischrochilus|Glischrochilus]]'' of the family [[Biology:Nitidulidae|Nitidulidae]].<ref name='NBN'>{{cite web |url=https://data.nbn.org.uk/Taxa/NHMSYS0020152188 |title=''Glischrochilus (Glischrochilus) quadripunctatus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) |publisher=National Biodiversity Network |accessdate=25 January 2017}}</ref>
{{Wikispecies|Glischrochilus quadripunctatus}}
 
'''''Glischrochilus quadripunctatus''''', commonly known as the '''European bark beetle predator''' is a species of beetle in the genus ''[[Biology:Glischrochilus|Glischrochilus]]'' of the family [[Biology:Nitidulidae|Nitidulidae]].<ref name='NBN'>{{cite web |url=https://data.nbn.org.uk/Taxa/NHMSYS0020152188 |title=''Glischrochilus (Glischrochilus) quadripunctatus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) |publisher=National Biodiversity Network |accessdate=25 January 2017 |archive-date=2 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202043058/https://data.nbn.org.uk/Taxa/NHMSYS0020152188 |url-status=live }}</ref>


==Description==
==Description==
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==Distribution==
==Distribution==
It is one of the three species of ''[[Biology:Glischrochilus|Glischrochilus]]'' found in the {{wipe|United Kingdom}}<ref name='NatureSpot'>{{cite web |url=http://www.naturespot.org.uk/species/glischrochilus-hortensis |title=Glischrochilus hortensis |publisher=NatureSpot |accessdate=6 May 2016}}</ref> and has a wide distribution in {{wipe|England}}, Wales, and Scotland.<ref name='NBN' />
It is one of the three species of ''[[Biology:Glischrochilus|Glischrochilus]]'' found in the United Kingdom<ref name='NatureSpot'>{{cite web |url=http://www.naturespot.org.uk/species/glischrochilus-hortensis |title=Glischrochilus hortensis |publisher=NatureSpot |accessdate=6 May 2016 |archive-date=5 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160605001126/http://www.naturespot.org.uk/species/glischrochilus-hortensis |url-status=live }}</ref> and has a wide distribution in England, Wales, and Scotland.<ref name='NBN' />


==Habitat==
==Habitat==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.kerbtier.de/cgi-bin/enXCompare.cgi?ID=c0ec0d0d6d Photographic comparison of ''Glischrochilus quadripunctatus''] with other [[Biology:Glischrochilus|Glischrochilus]] species.
* [http://www.kerbtier.de/cgi-bin/enXCompare.cgi?ID=c0ec0d0d6d Photographic comparison of ''Glischrochilus quadripunctatus''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815200806/http://www.kerbtier.de/cgi-bin/enXCompare.cgi?ID=c0ec0d0d6d |date=2016-08-15 }} with other [[Biology:Glischrochilus|Glischrochilus]] species.
* [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/name/Glischrochilus_quadripunctatus_(Linnaeus,_1758) Bibliography for ''quadripunctatus''] at [[Social:Biodiversity Heritage Library|Biodiversity Heritage Library]]
* [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/name/Glischrochilus_quadripunctatus_(Linnaeus,_1758) Bibliography for ''quadripunctatus''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204070621/http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/name/Glischrochilus_quadripunctatus_(Linnaeus,_1758) |date=2017-02-04 }} at [[Social:Biodiversity Heritage Library|Biodiversity Heritage Library]]


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Short description: Species of beetle

Glischrochilus quadripunctatus
Glischrochilus quadripunctatus natur.jpg
Scientific classification
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Nitidulidae
Genus: Glischrochilus
Species:
G. quadripunctatus
Binomial name
Glischrochilus quadripunctatus

Glischrochilus quadripunctatus, commonly known as the European bark beetle predator is a species of beetle in the genus Glischrochilus of the family Nitidulidae.[1]

Description

The species is approximately 4–6 mm in length and is a uniform dark colouration on its head, thorax and abdomen. It has four prominent orange blotches on the elytra. The body of G. quadripunctatus is smooth and shiny and the rear edge of the thorax is narrower than the elytra.[2]

It is very similar in appearance to Glischrochilus hortensis.[2]

Distribution

It is one of the three species of Glischrochilus found in the United Kingdom[3] and has a wide distribution in England, Wales, and Scotland.[1]

Habitat

It is active all-year round, but most often found in the months March to November around conifers.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Glischrochilus (Glischrochilus) quadripunctatus (Linnaeus, 1758)". National Biodiversity Network. https://data.nbn.org.uk/Taxa/NHMSYS0020152188. Retrieved 25 January 2017. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Chinery, M. (2012). Insects of Britain and Western Europe (Revised 3rd ed.). Bloomsbury. p. 274. 
  3. "Glischrochilus hortensis". NatureSpot. http://www.naturespot.org.uk/species/glischrochilus-hortensis. Retrieved 6 May 2016. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q4039478 entry