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| Stilbus testaceus | |
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| Species: | S. testaceus |
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| Stilbus testaceus (Panzer, 1797) | |
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Stilbus testaceus is a species of beetles commonly called the shining flower beetles belonging to the family Phalacridae. [1]
This rather common species is present in most of Europe and in the Afrotropical realm. [2] [3]
These beetles can be found in meadows and forest edges, on flowers, on dry grass and hay, in moss and dead leaves. [4]
Stilbus testaceus can reach a length of 1.8–2.3 millimetres (0.071–0.091 in). [5] These tiny beetles have a spherical-oval brownish body, with a yellowish- reddish apex of the elitra. Head and pronotum are dark. The hind angles of the pronotum are sharp, right-angled. [6]
Adults can be found from May to October on flowering grasses, while in Winter they rest under fallen leaves and among the mosses. [7]
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