Biology:Cteniopus sulphureus
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Short description: Species of beetle
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Tenebrionidae |
| Genus: | Cteniopus |
| Species: | C. sulphureus
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| 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
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