Pyropterus nigroruber explained

Pyropterus nigroruber is a species of net-winged beetles belonging to the family Lycidae.

Description

Pyropterus nigroruber can reach a length of about 7.5-.^[1] This small net-winged beetles have an elongated and flattened body, with black head and pronotum, while elytra are brick-red in colour and show four longitudinal carinae connected by week transverse lines.^[2]

The long, thick, and serrate antennae have eleven antennal segments. The segments two and three are very short and almost equal in length.^[3]

Adults occurs from June to August.^[4] The predaceous larvae pupate in rotten wood, mainly in dead birch timber. They feed on small insects.^[5]

Distribution and habitat

This species is present in the eastern Palearctic realm and in most of European countries.^{[6] [7]} It occurs in lowlands and highlands in moist forests.^[4]

Bibliography

• Anderson, R., Nash, R. & O'Connor, J.P.. 1997, Irish Coleoptera: a revised and annotated list, Irish Naturalists' Journal Special Entomological Supplement, 1-81
• Joy, N.H., 1932, A practical handbook of British beetles, H.F. & G. Witherby, London
• S.V. Kazantsev, N.B. Nikitsky Larvae of net-winged beetles (Lycidae: Coleoptera) of the European part of Russia and the Caucasus

External links

• Nottinghamshire’s Invertebrate Fauna

Notes and References

1. http://www.kerbtier.de/cgi-bin/enFSearch.cgi?Fam=Lycidae Fauna of Germany
2. http://www.thewcg.org.uk/pages/lycidae.htm Lycidae on Thewcg.org
3. http://markgtelfer.co.uk/files/2012/04/CantharidaeKeys_v3.pdf Mike Fitton's keys of Lycidae
4. http://www.soortenbank.nl/soorten.php?soortengroep=insecten&id=529&menuentry=groepen Soorten Bank
5. http://www.insektenbox.de/kaefer/pyroni.htm Insektenbox
6. https://web.archive.org/web/20140727133924/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=190355 Fauna Europaea
7. http://www.habitas.org.uk/InvertebrateIreland/species.asp?item=1998 Invertebrate Ireland On Line