Ablattaria laevigata
| Ablattaria laevigata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Staphyliniformia |
| Family: | Silphidae |
| Genus: | Ablattaria |
| Species: | A. laevigata |
| Binomial name | |
| Ablattaria laevigata (Fabricius, 1775) | |
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Ablattaria laevigata is a species of burying beetle or carrion beetle belonging to the family Silphidae.
Description
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
- ^ Biolib
- ^ Beetle fauna of Germany
- ^ Fernando Prieto Piloña & Javier Pérez Valcárcel CATÁLOGO DE LOS SILPHIDAE Y AGYRTIDAE (COLEOPTERA) DE LA PENÍNSULA IBÉRICA E ISLAS BALEARES
- ^ Lloyd Vernon Knutson, Jean-Claude Vala Biology of Snail-Killing Sciomyzidae Flies
- ^ Fauna europaea