Dalopius

L: 6-9mmPhylum: ArthropodaClass: InsectaOrder: Coleoptera (beetles, Kfer)Suborder: PolyphagaInfraorder: ElateriformiaSuperfamily: Elateroidea LEACH, 1815Family: Elateridae (click beetles, Schnellkfer)Subfamily: Elaterinae LEACH, 1815 (Syn.: Agriotinae)Tribus: Agriotini CHAMPION, 1894Genus: Dalopius ESCHOLTZ, 1829Dalopius marginatus LINNAEUS, 1758 (Gestreifter Forstschnellkfer)taxonomical info: www.coleo-net.de/coleo/texte/dalopius.htmmore info: elateridae.co.uk/species-accounts/dalopius-marginatus/SE-Germany, Bavaria, Bayrischer Wald: vic. Spiegelau, 700-1000m asl., 18.05.2012IMG_0548

The larva live on plant roots and on insect larva and pupa of Lepidoptera.Phylum: ArthropodaSubphylum: HexapodaClass: Insecta (insects, Insekten)Subclass: PterygotaOrder: Coleoptera (beetles, Kfer)Suborder: PolyphagaInfraorder: ElateroifomiaSuperfamily: ElateroideaFamily: Elateridae (click beetle, Schnellkfer)Subfamily: Elaterinae LEACH, 1815 (Syn.: Agriotinae)Tribus: Agriotini CHAMPION, 1894Genus: Dalopius ESCHSCHOLTZz, 1829Dalopius marginatus LINNAEUS, 1758 (Gestreifter Forstschnellkfer)Germany, Brandenburg, vic. Knigs-Wusterhausen: Senzig - Forst Dubrow, 15.05.2013IMG_3587