Ablattaria laevigata

Ablattaria laevigata is a species of burying beetle or carrion beetle belonging to the family Silphidae.

Ablattaria laevigata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Silphidae
Subfamily:
Silphinae
Tribe:
Silphini
Genus:
Ablattaria
Species:
A. laevigata
Binomial name
Ablattaria laevigata
(Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms
  • Ablattaria costulata Portevin, 1926
  • Ablattaria distinguenda Portevin, 1926
  • Ablattaria meridionalis Ganglbauer, 1899
  • Ablattaria punctata Portevin, 1926
  • Silpha gibba Brullé, 1832
  • Silpha polita Sulzer, 1776

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Description
Ablattaria laevigata. Museum specimen

Ablattaria laevigata can reach a length of about 12–18 millimetres (0.47–0.71 in).[2]

It has a semielliptical pronotum, which is not narrowed. Elytral punctuation is dense, with sparse thicker punctures.[3]

These beetles are predators of terrestrial snails (Theba pisana, Monacha species, Xeropicta species, and Candidula species). They are able to penetrate the snail shells.[4]

Distribution

This species is present in most of Europe and in the Near East.[5]

References
  1. Biolib
  2. Beetle fauna of Germany
  3. Fernando Prieto Piloña & Javier Pérez Valcárcel CATÁLOGO DE LOS SILPHIDAE Y AGYRTIDAE (COLEOPTERA) DE LA PENÍNSULA IBÉRICA E ISLAS BALEARES
  4. Lloyd Vernon Knutson, Jean-Claude Vala Biology of Snail-Killing Sciomyzidae Flies
  5. Fauna europaea


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