Calais parreysii

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Calais parreysii
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Museum specimen of Calais parreysii
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Elateridae
Subfamily: Agrypninae
Genus: Calais
Species:
C. parreysii
Binomial name
Calais parreysii
(Steven, 1829)
Synonyms
  • Alaus parreyssi Steven, 1830

Calais parreysii is a species of click beetle belonging to the family Elateridae subfamily Agrypninae.

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Description

Calais parreysii, Kotychi, Greece Calais parreysii ch.jpg
Calais parreysii, Kotychi, Greece

Calais parreysii can reach a length of 30–40 millimetres (1.2–1.6 in). Body is black, elongate and covered with thick white and black scales forming a variegated pattern. Pronotum shows two small black spots. Adults fly from late May to early June. The larvae develop in the wood of the old rotten fallen trees, especially pines ( Pinus pallasiana , Pinus brutia , Pinus halepensis ). Larvae are active predators feeding on insects living in rotten wood.

Distribution and habitat

This species s widespread from the Balkan Peninsula to Central-Western Asia and the Near East (Greece, Cyprus, Syria, Turkey, Iran and Russia). It lives in the pine forests and in the thickets in moist areas.

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