Stilbus testaceus

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: Cucujoidea

Familia: Phalacridae
Subfamilia: Phalacrinae
Genus: Stilbus
Species: Stilbus testaceus

Stilbus testaceus (Panzer, 1797)

Stilbus testaceus is a species of beetles commonly called the shining flower beetles belonging to the family Phalacridae.[1]

Distribution

This rather common species is present in most of Europe and in the Afrotropical realm.[2][3]
Habitat
Stilbus testaceus feeding on a flower of Dittrichia viscosa

These beetles can be found in meadows and forest edges, on flowers, on dry grass and hay, in moss and dead leaves.[4]
Description

Stilbus testaceus can reach a length of 1.8–2.3 millimetres (0.071–0.091 in).[5] These tiny beetles have a spherical-oval brownish body, with a yellowish- reddish apex of the elitra. Head and pronotum are dark. The hind angles of the pronotum are sharp, right-angled.[6]
Biology

Adults can be found from May to October on flowering grasses, while in Winter they rest under fallen leaves and among the mosses.[7]
References
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