Biology:Stilbus testaceus

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Short description: Species of beetle

Stilbus
Phalacridae - Stilbus cf. testaceus.JPG
Stilbus testaceus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Phalacridae
Subfamily:
Phalacrinae
Genus:
Stilbus
Species:
S. testaceus
Binomial name
Stilbus testaceus
(Panzer, 1797)
Synonyms
  • Anisotoma testaceus Panzer, 1797

Stilbus testaceus is a species of beetles commonly called the shining flower beetles belonging to the family Phalacridae.[1]

Distribution

This rather common species is present in most of Europe and in the Afrotropical realm.[2][3]

Habitat

Stilbus testaceus feeding on a flower of Dittrichia viscosa

These beetles can be found in meadows and forest edges, on flowers, on dry grass and hay, in moss and dead leaves.[4]

Description

Stilbus testaceus can reach a length of 1.8–2.3 millimetres (0.071–0.091 in).[5] These tiny beetles have a spherical-oval brownish body, with a yellowish- reddish apex of the elitra. Head and pronotum are dark. The hind angles of the pronotum are sharp, right-angled.[6]

Biology

Adults can be found from May to October on flowering grasses, while in Winter they rest under fallen leaves and among the mosses.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Stilbus testaceus". https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id10448/. Retrieved 2017-09-08. 
  2. ↑ "Stilbus testaceus (Panzer, 1797) | Fauna Europaea". https://fauna-eu.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/f6218d67-2cd2-4a36-89bb-0cd446a46127. Retrieved 2017-09-08. 
  3. ↑ "PESI portal - Stilbus testaceus (Panzer, 1797)". http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:124551. Retrieved 2017-09-08. 
  4. ↑ Herbert Arthur The Victoria history of the county of Warwick
  5. ↑ Christoph Benisch (2017-09-06). "Photo overview Phalacridae (shining flower beetles) of Germany". https://www.kerbtier.de/cgi-bin/enFSearch.cgi?Fam=Phalacridae. Retrieved 2017-09-08. 
  6. ↑ HANDBOOKS FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF BRITISH INSECTS Royal Entomological Society
  7. ↑ "Stilbus testaceus - Archiwum KFP". http://coleoptera.ksib.pl/kfp.php?taxonid=980&l=pl. Retrieved 2017-09-08. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q950936 entry




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