Platydema violacea

Platydema violacea

Platydema violacea is a darkling beetle in the family Tenebrionidae.
Platydema violacea (Fabricius, 1790) 7 mm long Tenebrionidae France,Geotagged,Platydema violacea,Winter

Habitat

The species lives under the bark of old broadleaves invaded by fungi, especially oak and beech trees. It is also found under the bark of black elms Sambucus nigra invaded by the fungus Hirneola auricola-judae.

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https://www.gbif.org/species/4455263
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderColeoptera
FamilyTenebrionidae
GenusPlatydema
SpeciesPlatydema violacea
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