Phaleria bimaculata

Phaleria bimaculata is a species of darkling beetles belonging to the family Tenebrionidae.[1]

Phaleria bimaculata
Phaleria bimaculata. Museum specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Suborder:
Polyphaga
Superfamily:
Tenebrionoidea
Family:
Tenebrionidae
Genus:
Phaleria
Species:
P. bimaculata
Binomial name
Phaleria bimaculata
(Linnaeus, 1767)

Subspecies
  • Phaleria bimaculata adriatica Rey, 1891
  • Phaleria bimaculata bimaculata (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Phaleria bimaculata pontica Semenov, 1901

Description

Phaleria bimaculata can reach a length of 6–7 millimetres (0.24–0.28 in). Usually head is dark brown, pronotum is brown, while elytrae are pale brown with two large dark brown spots.[2] These small beetles show a high degree of inter-population morphological variability.[3]

Distribution and habitat

This species is present in most of Europe.[4] These darkling beetles live in sandy beaches.

References
  1. Biolib
  2. Natura Mediterraneo
  3. Alan DEIDUN, Federico MARRONE, Ignazio SPARACIO, Marco ARCULEO, Tiziana CURATOLO, Arnold SCIBERRAS, Jeffrey SCIBERRAS, Sabrina LO BRUTTO Morphological variability in and distributional data on Phaleria bimaculata populations from islands of the Central Mediterranean area
  4. Fauna europaea
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