Agathidium pulchellum | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Suborder: | Polyphaga |
Infraorder: | Staphyliniformia |
Family: | Leiodidae |
Genus: | Agathidium |
Species: | A. pulchellum |
Binomial name | |
Agathidium pulchellum Wankowicz, 1869 | |
Agathidium pulchellum is a species of round fungus beetle in the family Leiodidae. [2] This species is one of the rarest of the genus Agathidium. It feeds exclusively on a slime mold species named Trichia decipens with mid-decayed aspen, spruce and birch logs in boreal forests. [3] It is found only in natural forests where there is a ratio of at least 80 aspen and spruce logs per hectare. [4] It was first discovered in 1971 in Blåkölen in Norrbotten, Sweden. [5] A. pulchellum is considered an endangered species in Sweden, [6] and Finland. [7]