Stenomax aeneus is a species of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae).Biolib

Subspecies Stenomax aeneus aeneus (Scopoli, 1763) Stenomax aeneus incurvus (Küster, 1850)

Description Stenomax aeneus can reach a length of . These beetles have a black-brown, elongated body with very long legs. The central pair of legs is hairy at the top. At the end of the abdomen, the elytra form two small spurs.Harde, Severa: Der Kosmos Käferführer, Die mitteleuropäischen Käfer. Kosmos-Verlag, Stuttgart 2000,

Distribution and habitat This quite common species is present in south-eastern and Central Europe (Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Switzerland).Fauna europaea These beetles live on branches infested with fungi and under bark of deciduous trees.

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