Featured speciesText © K. Reißmann, T. Hörren, M. Stern, F. Bötzl and C. Benisch
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
31.03.2023
Euconnus rutilipennis (Müll.Kunze, 1822)
|
16 
|
The only 1.9 to 2.1 mm large antlike stone beetle Euconnus rutilipennis (family Scydmaenidae) is one of twelve representatives of the genus in Germany. Worldwide, the speciose genus comprises more than 2500 species in all biogeographic ecozones. Euconnus rutilipennis is known to occur from the southern part of Northern Europe over Central Europa to the northern part of South Europe and the Balkan Peninsula. The stenotopic, hygrophilous and paludicolous species lives in swamps, at the edges of swampy stagnant waters under leaf litter, detritus as well as in bogs on peat moss (Sphagnum). The species is missing in the mountain range. Like most representatives of the genus, the beetles feed on mites. In Germany, Euconnus rutilipennis is recorded from many Federal States and is not endangered. (CB)
|
|
|
