L: 9-16 mm biology: RL3, .....Phylum: Arthropoda LATREILLE, 1829 (arthropods, Gliederfer)Subphylum: Hexapoda BLAINVILLE, 1816 (Sechsfer)Class: Insecta LINNAEUS, 1758 (insects, Insekten)Subclass: Pterygota LANG, 1888 (primr flgellose Insekten)Infraclass: Neoptera MARTYNOV, 1923 Order: Coleoptera LINNAEUS, 1758 (beetles, Kfer)Suborder: Polyphaga EMERY, 1886Infraorder: Cucujiformia LATREILLE, 1802Superfamily: Tenebrionoidea LATREILLE, 1802Family: Melandryidae LEACH, 1815 (false darkling beetles, Dsterkfer)Subfamily: Melandryinae LEACH, 1815Tribus: Melandryini LEACH, 1815Genus:
Melandrya FABRICIUS, 1801Subgenus: Melandrya FABRICIUS, 1801
Melandrya caraboides LINNAEUS, 1760 (Schwarzblauer Dsterkfer)KEY:
www.coleo-net.de/coleo/texte/melandryidae.htmwww.kerbtier.de/cgi-bin/deFSearch.cgi?Fam=Melandryidaemore info:
www.thewcg.org.uk/melandryidae/0513G.htmGermany, N-Hesse, Hofgeismar, 2 km SW Beberbeck: Sababurg, 270-340m asl., 06.06.2016IMG_8170