Aplocnemus alpestris is a species of soft-winged flower beetles belonging to the family Rhadalidae.
Distribution This species is present in Central and Southern Europe (Andorra, Austria, Czech Republic, France, Italy, Slovakia, Spain and Switzerland) and in the eastern Palearctic realm (southern Siberia, northeast Kazakhstan, southern Altai, Mounts Ulbinski).Fauna Europaea
Habitat These beetles especially occur in the mountainous areas of the Alps and Pyrenees, at an elevation above above sea level.
Description Aplocnemus alpestris can reach a body length of about .Robert Constantin Révision des Aplocnemus de France avec description de trois nouvelles espèces. Observations taxonomiques et faunistiques sur les espèces françaises de Dasytidae et Acanthocnemidae (Coleoptera, Cleroidea) Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France Année 2007 112(2) pp. 151-170 These soft-winged flower beetles have an elongated, cylindrical body. Pronotum and elytra have a slightly shiny black color. They are coarsely punctuated, with a long grayish pubescence. The antennae show a sexual dimorphism in their structure, as in males they are deeply serrated, while they are shallowly serrated in females.K. Majer Species of the genus Aplocnemus of Middle Europe (Col. Melyridae)
Biology Adults can be found from July to September.Web’Obs
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