Thymalus limbatus
Thymalus limbatus 5.0 to 7.0 mm.
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T. limbatus
Binomial name
Thymalus limbatus
(Fabricius, 1787) [1]

Thymalus limbatus is a species of beetle in family Thymalidae. It is found in the palearctic.[2] It is an obligate Saproxylic species associated with Betula pendula, Fagus sylvatica, Fagus sylvatica, Tilia × europaea and Picea abies mostly under bark. It feeds on fungus or dead wood.

References

  1. Fabricius, J.C., 1787. Mantissa insectorum, sistens eorum species nuper detectas adiectis characteribus genericis, differentiis specificis, emendationibus, observationibus. Christ. Gottl. Proft, Hafniae. Two volumes.
  2. Joy, N. 1932 A Practical Handbook of British Beetles


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