Cteniopus sulphureus

Cteniopus sulphureus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
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.

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