Cteniopus sulphureus

Cteniopus sulphureus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Tenebrionidae
Genus:	Cteniopus
Species:	C. sulphureus
Binomial name
	Cteniopus sulphureus; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	Cteniopus flavus (Scopoli, 1763); Tenebrio flavus Scopoli, 1763;

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

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