Thymalus limbatus

Thymalus limbatus
Thymalus limbatus 5.0 to 7.0 mm.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Trogossitidae
Genus: Thymalus
Species: T. limbatus
Binomial name
Thymalus limbatus
(Fabricius, 1787) [1]

Thymalus limbatus is a species of beetle in family Trogossitidae. It is found in the Palearctic [2] It is an obligate Saproxylic species associated with Betula pendula, Fagus sylvatica , Fagus sylvatica , Tilia × europaea and Picea abies mostly under bark.It feeds on fungus or dead wood.

References

  1. ↑ Fabricius, J.C., 1787. Mantissa insectorum, sistens eorum species nuper detectas adiectis characteribus genericis, differentiis specificis, emendationibus, observationibus. Christ. Gottl. Proft, Hafniae. Two volumes.
  2. ↑ Joy, N 1932 A Practical Handbook of British Beetles


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