Pyropterus nigroruber
| Pyropterus nigroruber | |
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| Pyropterus nigroruber | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Elateriformia |
| Superfamily: | Elateroidea |
| Family: | Lycidae |
| Genus: | Pyropterus |
| Species: | P. nigroruber |
| Binomial name | |
| Pyropterus nigroruber (DeGeer, 1774) | |
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Pyropterus nigroruber is a species of net-winged beetles belonging to the family Lycidae.
Description
Pyropterus nigroruber can reach a length of about 7.5–10 millimetres (0.30–0.39 in).[2] This small net-winged beetles have an elongated and flattened body, with black head and pronotum, while elytra are brick-red in colour and show four londitudinal carinae connected by week transverse lines. [3]
The long, thick, and serrate antennae have eleven antennal segments. The segments two and three are very short and almost equal in length.[4]
Adults occurs from June to August. [5] The predaceous larvae pupate in rotten wood, mainly in dead birch timber. They feed on small insects. [6]
Distribution and habitat
This species is present in the East Palearctic ecozone and in most of European countries.[7][8] It occurs in lowlands and highlands in moist forests.[5]
Bibliography
- Anderson, R., Nash, R. & O'Connor, J.P.. 1997, Irish Coleoptera: a revised and annotated list, Irish Naturalists' Journal Special Entomological Supplement, 1-81
- Joy, N.H., 1932, A practical handbook of British beetles, H.F. & G. Witherby, London
- S.V. Kazantsev, N.B. Nikitsky Larvae of net-winged beetles (Lycidae: Coleoptera) of the European part of Russia and the Caucasus