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Actenicerus siaelandicus

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Actenicerus siaelandicus
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A. siaelandicus
Binomial name
Actenicerus siaelandicus
Synonyms
  • Actenicerus sjaelandicus (O. F. Müller, 1764)

Actenicerus siaelandicus is a species of click beetle belonging to the family Elateridae, subfamily Dendrometrinae.

A. siaelandicus – lateral view

This beetle is present in most of Europe, in the East Palearctic ecozone and in the Nearctic ecozone.

The adults grow up to 10–17 millimetres (0.39–0.67 in) long and can mostly be encountered from May through August, mainly in wet meadows, bogs and marshes. One of preferred host-plants are Carex species.

The whole body is bronzed-brownish or auburn-purplish, with a greyish pubescence.

References

  • Mendel, H & Clarke, R. E., 1996, Provisional Atlas of the click beetles of (Coleoptera: Elateroidea) of Britain and Ireland, Ipswich Borough Council Museums, Ipswich
  • Speight, M. C. D., 1989, The Irish Elaterid and Buprestid fauna (Coleoptera: Elateridae and Buprestidae), Bulletin of the Irish Biogeographical Society, 12: 31-62

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