Endomychus coccineus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Cucujiformia
Superfamilia: Coccinelloidea

Familia: Endomychidae
Subfamilia: Endomychinae
Genus: Endomychus
Species: Endomychus coccineus
Name

Endomychus coccineus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Original combination: Chrysomela coccinea

References

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542: 371–372. Reference page.

Links

Endomychus coccineus Taxon details on Fauna Europaea
ZooBank: act:2EF642C8-C4B9-408F-A1E7-29702B755888

BHL bibliography
Catalogue of Life: 2021 Annual Checklist
Endomychus coccineus – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Endomychus coccineus.
ION

Vernacular names
Deutsch: Scharlachroter Stäublingskäfer

Endomychus coccineus, common name scarlet endomychus or false ladybird, is a species of beetles in the family Endomychidae.[3]

Description

Endomychus coccineus can reach a length of about 4–6 millimetres (0.16–0.24 in). The body is oval, convex and the sides of pronotum are almost straight. Head and legs are black. Pronotum is glossy red, with a black longitudinal area. Elytra are glossy red, each elytron shows two large oval black spots. In rare cases, the pronotum is completely red, the black spots on the elytra may be totally or partially missing. The flight time is from April to June.[4][5]

The larvae are dark brown with yellow to orange spots symmetrically located in the lateral region of the segmented body, in each case at the head shield, and on the third, fourth, eighth and tenth segment.[6]
Distribution and habitat

This species is present in most of Europe, especially in the deciduous forests.[7][8]
Biology

Larvae of Endomychus coccineus feed on wood mushrooms, especially on old birch and beech stumps and on deciduous trees affected by the silver leaf fungus Chondrostereum purpureum.[9] [10]
References

Biolib
GBIF
EoL
Insektenbox
Nicholas Hammond: The Wildlife Trusts Handbook of Garden Wildlife. New Holland Publisher, London 2008, ISBN 978-1-84773-138-8.
Biolib
Fauna Europaea
Hallan, Joel Synopsis of the described Coleoptera of the World Archived 2014-10-22 at the Wayback Machine
"The Ponking Chronicles". Archived from the original on 2014-10-18. Retrieved 2014-10-15.
Dmitry S. Schigel - Fungivory of saproxylic Coleoptera: the mystery of rejected polypores