Alp click beetle

I found this click beetle on a mountain at about 2300m. Notice the bright colors of the stone with the white crystal and the bright yellow funghi. The red on the right is paint from the route marking.

Species identified as Selatosomus confluens subsp. rugosus by Wildflower

comments (5)

Joost Thissen

Lion

@wildflower. I spend quite some time searching, so extra kudos finding the name of this beetle ;) Posted 11 years ago, modified 11 years ago
1. WildFlower
  
  Lion
  
  It took a while, but I think I found a good match - Selatosomus confluens subsp rugosus (Germar, 1835).
  The subspecies rugosus is the one found in Europe. They live at an altitude above 2000 m and up to 3000 m.
  http://www.elateridae.com/zobrbruk.php?id=3858
  http://www.elateridae.com/result.php?s=1100
  http://www.entomologiitaliani.net/public/forum/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=251&t=11956
  http://www.entomologiitaliani.net/public/forum/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=251&t=46947
  http://www.insecte.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=3878
  http://coleoptera.ksib.pl/kfp/search.php?img=16718
  http://www.colpolon.biol.uni.wroc.pl/selatosomus%20confluens.htm
  http://www.landesmuseum.at/pdf_frei_remote/Gredleriana_010_0239-0260.pdf
  http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=236296
  http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:236296 Posted 11 years ago
2. 1. Joost Thissen
    
    Lion
    
    Perfect! Impressive research! Great work Wildflower! Posted 11 years ago
  2. 1. WildFlower
      
      Lion
      
      Thanks! Now it's Ferdy's turn to create an ID :) Posted 11 years ago
    2. 1. Ferdy Christant
        
        Lion
        
        Done! Posted 11 years ago

The Selatosomus confluens rugosus

Selatosomus confluens rugosus is a beetle sub species of the Selatosomus genus, found in Europe. They live at an altitude above 2000 m and up to 3000 m.

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Species identified by Ferdy Christant