Scaphidium quadrimaculatum

Scaphidium quadrimaculatum
Scaphidium quadrimaculatum. Upperside
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Staphylinidae
Genus: Scaphidium
Species: S. quadrimaculatum
Binomial name
Scaphidium quadrimaculatum
Olivier, 1790

Scaphidium quadrimaculatum, common name orange-spotted scaphidium or shining fungus beetle, is a species of beetles belonging to the family Staphylinidae subfamily Scaphidiinae.[1]

Distribution

These quite uncommon beetles are present in most of Europe, in North Africa and in the Near East.[2]

Description

Scaphidium quadrimaculatum can reach a length of 5–6 millimetres (0.20–0.24 in). These small beetles have a broad and oval-shaped body. They are completely shiny black, with four irregular red spots on elytra. Thorax is somewhat coarctate on each side behind. Elytra are widely punctured, while tibiae are striated.[3][4]

Upperside Front Underside Side view

Biology

Adults can mostly be encountered from April through August feeding on various species of fungi, especially bracket fungi.[5]

Bibliography

  • Karl Wilhelm Harde, Frantisek Severa und Edwin Möhn: Der Kosmos Käferführer: Die mitteleuropäischen Käfer. Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co KG, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-440-06959-1.
  • A. Horion: Faunistik der mitteleuropäischen Käfer Band II: Palpicornia - Staphylinoidea, Vittorio Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main, 1949.
  • Edmund Reitter: Fauna Germanica – Die Käfer des Deutschen Reiches. 5 Bände, Stuttgart K. G. Lutz 1908–1916, Digitale Bibliothek Band 134, Directmedia Publishing GmbH, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-898-53534-7

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