Dendarus coarcticollis

Dendarus coarcticollis
Dendarus coarcticollis - Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Hexapoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Tenebrionidae
Genus:	Dendarus
Species:	D. coarcticollis
Binomial name
Dendarus coarcticollis (Mulsant, 1854}
Synonyms
Dendarus tristis Laporte 1840

Dendarus coarcticollis is a species of darkling beetles belonging to the family Tenebrionidae subfamily Tenebrioninae.

These beetles are mainly present in France and Italy.

The adults grow up to 12–13 millimetres (0.47–0.51 in) long. The front legs in males are larger than in females, sexual dimorphism that allows males of theese terrestrial and often dirty and slippery beetles to better hold on to the back of females. They are nocturnal. They usually overwinter under the bark of an old tree.

External links

• Biolib
• Fauna Europaea