Platystomos albinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Coleoptera → suborder Polyphaga → infraorder Cucujiformia → superfamily Curculionoidea → family Anthribidae → subfamily Anthribinae → tribe Platystomini → genus Platystomos → species Platystomos albinus
Species name(s)
Platystomos albinus (Linnaeus, 1758).
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Expansion
This species marks on the maps: 5.
Zoogeographical regions
Palaearctic.
Detailed information with references
Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations
- Anthribus albinus (Linnaeus, 1758) = Curculio albinus Linnaeus, 1758 = Platystomus albinus (Linnaeus, 1758) [16].
Distribution
- Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland, French mainland, Germany, Hungary, Italian mainland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Romania, Russia North, Sardinia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Ukraine, Serbia, Kosovo, Voivodina, Montenegro, East Palaearctic, Near East [10].
- Russia Central [PC93].
Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species
- Body length: 7-10 mm. Unlike Platyrhinus resinosus, Platystomos albinus is black, densely covered with brown or brown-black hairs, as if dressed in felt. The head, the top of the elytra and the transverse spot in front of their middle are covered with thick white hairs. Pronotum without a transverse keel in front of the base, in the middle with a transverse row of three tubercles bearing tufts of dark setae. The head tube is not shorter than its width. The antennae are long, and the male is no shorter than the body. [249].
Larva food plants / other food objects
- In rotten birches, willows, alders, and oaks. [249].
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Vasiliy Feoktistov, Irina Nikulina. Text data: Vasiliy Feoktistov.
The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.
References
- [10] de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2011) Fauna Europaea version 2.4 (faunaeur.org)
- [16] Biological Library (biolib.cz), 2011
- [187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org
- [249] Плавильщиков Н.Н. Определитель насекомых Москва, Топикал, 1994
- [PC93] Vasiliy Feoktistov
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