Ablattaria laevigata is a species of burying beetle or carrion beetle belonging to the family Silphidae.
Description
Ablattaria laevigata can reach a length of about .Beetle fauna of Germany
It has a semielliptical pronotum, which is not narrowed. Elytral punctuation is dense, with sparse thicker punctures.Fernando Prieto Piloña & Javier Pérez Valcárcel CATÁLOGO DE LOS SILPHIDAE Y AGYRTIDAE (COLEOPTERA) DE LA PENÍNSULA IBÉRICA E ISLAS BALEARES
These beetles are predators of terrestrial snails (Theba pisana, Monacha species, Xeropicta species, and Candidula species). They are able to penetrate the snail shells.Lloyd Vernon Knutson, Jean-Claude Vala Biology of Snail-Killing Sciomyzidae Flies
Distribution This species is present in most of Europe and in the Near East.Fauna europaea
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