Stenomax aeneus is a species of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae).[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Tenebrionidae |
| Genus: | Stenomax |
| Species: | S. aeneus
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| Stenomax aeneus (Scopoli, 1763)
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Subspecies edit
- Stenomax aeneus aeneus (Scopoli, 1763)
- Stenomax aeneus incurvus (Küster, 1850)
Description edit
Stenomax aeneus can reach a length of 12–16 millimetres (0.47–0.63 in). These beetles have a black-brown, elongated body with very long legs. The central pair of legs is hairy at the top. At the end of the abdomen, the elytra form two small spurs.[2]
Distribution and habitat edit
This quite common species is present in south-eastern and Central Europe (Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Switzerland).[3] These beetles live on branches infested with fungi and under bark of deciduous trees.
References edit
- ^ Biolib
- ^ Harde, Severa: Der Kosmos Käferführer, Die mitteleuropäischen Käfer. Kosmos-Verlag, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-440-06959-1
- ^ Fauna europaea
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