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photo gallery of the beetle fauna of Germany

With a photo gallery of about 2735 species out of 7000 beetle species known to occur in Germany, kerbtier.de provides support in the determination of beetles (Coleoptera). The user can search beetle species both by name and appearance and can compare photos of species side-by-side. In the section fauna records of notable species and modules for the display of their geographic distribution and seasonal activity period are available. Hints on books and a glossary of entomology round off the offering.

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Featured species till Jun 19th Gonioctena fornicata Brüggemann, 1873
Gonioctena fornicata photo 1 Gonioctena fornicata photo 2 Gonioctena fornicata photo 3
The Lucerne beetle Gonioctena fornicata (family Chrysomelidae) has been recorded for the German fauna for the first time in 2003. Gonioctena fornicata is one of twelve representatives of the genus in Germany, which are very similar to each other. Originally, the species is an element of the pontic fauna with xerothermic habitat requirements. Probably the species has been introduced to Baden-Württemberg with ship transports on river Rhine and its tributaries and is meanwhile established in the Upper Rhine valley. Adults and larvae of the 5 to 7 mm large species live on Lucerne (alfalfa, Medicago) and clover (Trifolium) and are classified as pests. In the US the species has been introduced several times with transports and is regarded as quarantine pest.
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Drilidae
The false firefly beetles (Drilidae) are a small family of beetles with only…
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