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Stenomax aeneus

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Stenomax aeneus
Museum specimen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Tenebrionidae
Genus: Stenomax
Species:
S. aeneus
Binomial name
Stenomax aeneus
(Scopoli, 1763)
Synonyms
  • Cylindronotus aeneus (Scopoli, 1863)
  • Tenebrio aeneus Scopoli, 1763
  • Tenebrio lanipes Linnaeus, 1771

Stenomax aeneus is a species of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae).[1]

Subspecies

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  • Stenomax aeneus aeneus (Scopoli, 1763)
  • Stenomax aeneus incurvus (Küster, 1850)

Description

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Stenomax aeneus can reach a length of 12–16 millimetres (0.47–0.63 in). These beetles have a black-brown, elongated body with very long legs. The central pair of legs is hairy at the top. At the end of the abdomen, the elytra form two small spurs.[2]

Distribution and habitat

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This quite common species is present in south-eastern and Central Europe (Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Switzerland).[3] These beetles live on branches infested with fungi and under bark of deciduous trees.

References

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  1. ^ Biolib
  2. ^ Harde, Severa: Der Kosmos Käferführer, Die mitteleuropäischen Käfer. Kosmos-Verlag, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-440-06959-1
  3. ^ Fauna europaea