Campylomorphus homalisinus is a species of beetles belonging to the family Elateridae, and the sole member of the genus Campylomorphus.[1]
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Genus: | Campylomorphus
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Species: | C. homalisinus
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Campylomorphus homalisinus (Illiger, 1807)
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Distribution and habitat
editThis species is present in France, Italy, Portugal, and Spain.[2] This rare orophilous species occurs in shrublands, grasslands and in the forests. Adults usually forage on flowers. Larvae live in rotten wood and forest litter.[3]
Description
editCampylomorphus homalisinus can reach a length of about 7 millimetres (0.28 in).[4]
References
edit- ^ "Elateridae in Synopsis of the described Coleoptera of the World". Archived from the original on 2016-08-16. Retrieved 2016-06-27.
- ^ Fauna europaea
- ^ Paolo Biella, Riccardo Groppali Campylomorphus homalisinus (Elateridae): a new species for Lombardy (Italy), with notes on its ecology, distribution and biogeography Biodiversity Data Journal. 2014;21-11 DOI 10.3897/BDJ.2.e1075
- ^ Elateridae