Lordithon lunulatus - small beetles with a bright red, black color and a white stripe of honey, the second and third segments of the abdomen and at the tips of the elytra are closer to the pronotum.
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Distribution
Distributed in Europe .
Description
Beetle up to 5 mm long. Pronotum and 4β7 abdominal segments of red color, 1, 2, and 3 abdominal segments, elytra and head black, paws pale red almost white. The antennae are long, white, the last six segments are black.
Ecology and habitats
Adult beetles can be found in tree mushrooms in summer and autumn, where they prey on other insects feeding on these mushrooms .
Links
- Lordithon lunulatus (L.) (author - D. Telnov)
- Joy, Norman H. (1932) A Practical Handbook of British Beetles Vol. 1 p. 86 (where this species is listed as Bolitobius lunulatus )