Lordithon lunulatus

Lordithon lunulatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Staphylinidae
Subfamily: Tachyporinae
Tribe: Mycetoporini
Genus: Lordithon
Species: L. lunulatus
Binomial name
Lordithon lunulatus
Linnaeus, 1760

Lordithon lunulatus is a rove beetle. It is a common insect in Britain. The mature adult is about 5 millimetres long. It has distinctively patterned elytra - these are shiny black with pale patches at the outer front corners, and a pale margin at the rear. The thorax is broader at the rear, narrower at the front, shining and reddish-brown. The head is long and shiny. The abdomen is largely reddish-brown, but the two rear segments are black. It is covered is pale hairs, and has black setae on its lateral margins. The legs are yellow, and the tarsi are elongated, with five segments on each. The antennae have eleven segments — the first to fourth, and the last are yellow; the others black.

The adult is found in bracket fungi in summer and autumn, where it preys on other insects that eat the fungus.

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