| Stilbus testaceus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Phalacridae |
| Genus: | Stilbus |
| Species: | S. testaceus |
| Binomial name | |
| Stilbus testaceus (Panzer, 1797) | |
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Stilbus testaceus is a species of beetle commonly called shining flower beetle 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]
