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Sternocoelis puberulus
| Sternocoelis puberulus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Beetle |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Family: | Histeridae |
| Genus: | Sternocoelis |
| Species: | S. puberulus |
| Binomial name | |
| Sternocoelis puberulus (Motschulsky, 1858) | |
Diagnosis
Colour reddish brown, shiny; body form very convex, oval; surface covered with long yellow setae
Description
Distribution
Sicily, Corsica and Sardinia
Biology
Ant host: Formica fusca
REFERENCES
- Dégallier N. 1998a. Notes taxonomiques et faunistiques sur les Histeridae néotropicaux avec la description de Brasilister flechtmanni nov. gen, nov. sp. et Terapus flechtamnni nov. sp. (Coleoptera, Histeridae). Nouvelle Revue d’Entomologie (N.S.) 15: 45-62.
- Hinton, H.E. (1945) A key to the North American species of Terapus, with description of a new species (Col., Histeridae). Proceeding of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 14 (B), 38–45.
- Reichensperger A. 1958. Zwei neue Gattungen myrmekophiler Hetaeriomorphini (Col. Hist.) nebst Bemerkungen über Terapus gracilipes Bruch (Aneuterapus nov. gen.). Studia Entomologica (N.S.) 1: 279-286.