Endomychus coccineus

Endomychus coccineus
Endomychus coccineus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Endomychidae
Subfamily: Endomychinae
Genus: Endomychus
Species: E. coccineus
Binomial name
Endomychus coccineus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
  • Chrysomela coccinea Linnaeus, 1758
  • Chrysomela coccineus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Endomychus biehli Reitter, 1888
  • Endomychus krynickii Ganglbauer, 1899
  • Chrysomela quadrimaculata de Geer, 1775
  • Endomychus quadripunctatus Gorham, 1873

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Endomychus coccineus, common name Scarlet Endomychus or False Ladybird, is a species of beetles in the family Endomychidae.[3]

Description

Endomychus coccineus can reach a length of about 4–6 millimetres (0.16–0.24 in). The body is oval, convex and the sides of pronotum are almost straight. Head and legs are black. Pronotum is glossy red, with a black longitudinal area. Elytra are glossy red, each elytron shows two large oval black spots. In rare cases, the pronotum is completely red, the black spots on the elytra may be totally or partially missing. The flight time is from April to June.[4][5]

The larvae are dark brown with yellow to orange spots symmetrically located in the lateral region of the segmented body, in each case at the head shield, and on the third, fourth, eighth and tenth segment.[6]

Distribution and habitat

This species is present in most of Europe, especially in the deciduous forests.[7][8]

Biology

Larvae of Endomychus coccineus feed on wood mushrooms, especially on old birch and beech stumps and on deciduous trees affected by the silver leaf fungus Chondrostereum purpureum.[9] [10]

References

  1. Biolib
  2. GBIF
  3. EoL
  4. Insektenbox
  5. Nicholas Hammond: The Wildlife Trusts Handbook of Garden Wildlife. New Holland Publisher, London 2008, ISBN 978-1-84773-138-8.
  6. Biolib
  7. Fauna Europaea
  8. Hallan, Joel Synopsis of the described Coleoptera of the World
  9. The Ponking Chronicles
  10. Dmitry S. Schigel - Fungivory of saproxylic Coleoptera: the mystery of rejected polypores

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