British Insects: the Families of Coleoptera
British Insects: the Families of Coleoptera |
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= Phloeophilidae.
General appearance. 2.3–2.6 mm long. Body length/maximum body width 1.9–2.3. Elytral length/pronotal length 3.55–3.8. Base of prothorax not or scarcely narrower than the combined elytral bases. Greatest prothoracic width not narrower or only slightly narrower than the greatest elytral width. Beetles elongate; dorsally more or less convex, or dorsally strongly convex; conspicuously necked to not necked; conspicuously waisted; thorax black, elytra with dark markings. Upper surfaces of body non-glabrous; not bristly; with neither scales nor scale-like setae.
Detailed morphology. Beetles without a rostrum. Eyes strongly protuberant; without bristles; finely facetted. Antennae short; not strongly asymmetric; 11 segmented; clubbed. Antennal insertions visible from above. Mandibular prosthecae well developed.
Pronotal length/maximum pronotal width 0.56–0.6. Prothorax without notopleural sutures. Metaventrite without a transverse groove. The tarsi without bilobed segments; without ‘hidden’ segments. Mid-leg tarsi 5-segmented; pentamerous. Claws of the mid-leg tarsi not appendaged. Front tarsi with as many segments as the mid-tarsi; 5-segmented. Hind tarsi with as many segments as the mid-tarsi; 5-segmented. Tarsal claws simple. Elytral length/maximum width across the elytra 1.5–1.85. Elytra covering most of the abdomen; exposing no more than part of the terminal tergite. Scutellary striole absent. Elytra non-glabrous (slightly hairy). Wings well developed, or absent or much reduced.
Visible abdominal sternites 5; immovably joined 0. Abdominal segment 8 apparently without functional spiracles.
Habitat, ecology. Land-dwellers; in living vegetation and on lichens (on lichen-covered branches of oak trees).
General comments. The elytra strongly punctured.
Classification. Suborder Polyphaga; Superfamily Cleroidea.
British representation. Genera 1; 1 species.
Illustrations. • Phloiophilus edwardsi (from Joy). Phloiophilus edwardsi.
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Cite this publication as: ‘Watson, L., and Dallwitz, M.J. 2003 onwards. British insects: the families of Coleoptera. Version: 18th September 2008. http://delta-intkey.com’.
