Dendarus coarcticollis

Dendarus coarcticollis

''Dendarus coarcticollis'' is a species of ''darkling beetles'' belonging to the family Tenebrionidae subfamily Tenebrioninae. These beetles are mainly present in France and Italy.
Dendarus coarcticollis (Mulsant, 1854) 14 mm long tenebrionidae Dendarus coarcticollis,France,Geotagged,Summer

Appearance

The adults grow up to 12–13 millimetres long. The front legs in males are larger than in females, sexual dimorphism that allows males of these 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.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderColeoptera
FamilyTenebrionidae
GenusDendarus
SpeciesD. coarcticollis
Photographed in
France