Accanthopus velikensis is a species of darkling beetle belonging to the family Tenebrionidae subfamily Tenebrioninae.Biolib
Synonyms Dendarus latissimus Stierlin, 1902 Enoplopus dentipes (Rossi) Porta, 1934 Enoplopus velikensis (Piller & Mitterpacher) Solier, 1848 Helops dentipes Rossi, 1790 Tenebrio caraboides Petagna, 1786 nec Linnaeus, 1758
Description
Accanthopus velikensis can reach a length of . Very characteristic is the tooth on the inner edge of the front femora (hence the Latin word dentipes in the synonym Enoplopus dentipes). The adults live under the bark of trees and old stumps.Derya Canpolat, Martin Lillig & Abdullah Hasbenli Accanthopus velikensis (Piller & Mitterpacher, 1783) – new to the Turkish fauna (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae
Ecology The adults live under the bark of trees and old stumps.
Distribution These beetles are mainly present in Albania, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Italy, Greece, Serbia and Romania.Fauna Europaea
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