Ablattaria laevigata
Ablattaria laevigata | |
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Ablattaria laevigata | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Silphidae |
Subfamily: | Silphinae |
Tribe: | Silphini |
Genus: | Ablattaria |
Species: | A. laevigata |
Binomial name | |
Ablattaria laevigata (Fabricius, 1775) | |
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Ablattaria laevigata is a species of burying beetles or carrion beetles belonging to the family Silphidae.
Description
Ablattaria laevigata can reach a length of about 12–18 millimetres (0.47–0.71 in).[2]
It has a semielliptical pronotum, not narrowed. Elytral punctuation is dense, with sparse thicker punctures. [3]
These beetles are predators of terrestrial snails (Theba pisana, Monacha species, Xeropicta species, Candidula species). They are able to penetrate the snail shells. [4]
Distribution
This species is present in most of Europe and in the Near East.[5]
References
- ↑ Biolib
- ↑ Beetle fauna of Germany
- ↑ Fernando Prieto Piloña & Javier Pérez Valcárcel CATÁLOGO DE LOS SILPHIDAE Y AGYRTIDAE (COLEOPTERA) DE LA PENÍNSULA IBÉRICA E ISLAS BALEARES
- ↑ Lloyd Vernon Knutson, Jean-Claude Vala Biology of Snail-Killing Sciomyzidae Flies
- ↑ Fauna europaea
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