Stenomax aeneus

Short description: Species of beetle

Stenomax aeneus

Museum specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Coleoptera
Infraorder:  | Cucujiformia
Family:  | Tenebrionidae
Genus:  | Stenomax
Species:  |

S. aeneus

Binomial name
Stenomax aeneus

(Scopoli, 1763)

Synonyms

* Cylindronotus aeneus (Scopoli, 1863)
* Tenebrio aeneus Scopoli, 1763
* Tenebrio lanipes Linnaeus, 1771

Stenomax aeneus is a species of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae).[1]

## Contents

* 1 Subspecies
* 2 Description
* 3 Distribution and habitat
* 4 References

## Subspecies

* Stenomax aeneus aeneus (Scopoli, 1763)
* Stenomax aeneus incurvus (Küster, 1850)

## Description

Stenomax aeneus can reach a length of 12–16 millimetres (0.47–0.63 in). These beetles have a black-brown, elongated body with very long legs. The central pair of legs is hairy at the top. At the end of the abdomen, the elytra form two small spurs.[2]

## Distribution and habitat

This quite common species is present in south-eastern and Central Europe (Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Switzerland).[3] These beetles live on branches infested with fungi and under bark of deciduous trees.

## References

1. ↑ Biolib
2. ↑ Harde, Severa: Der Kosmos Käferführer, Die mitteleuropäischen Käfer. Kosmos-Verlag, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-440-06959-1
3. ↑ Fauna europaea

Wikidata ☰ Q2342899 entry

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