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0076 Col Trog, Thymalus limbatus
© Roger Key
Family
 
Trogossitidae
Sub Family
 
Description
 
Background to Family
 
The members have diverse habits, occurring as stored product pests (Lophocateres pusillus, Tenebriodes mauritanicaus), predators (Nemozoma elongatum, on the bark beetle Acrantus vittatus), or feeding under bark (Ostoma ferrugineum on Phaeolus schweinitzii, on Pinus Sylvestris in Caledonian pinewoods; Thymalus limbatus on coniferous & broadleaved trees)

 

 


No. taxa in DBIF
 
2
No. interactions
 
% interactions with British data
 
No. records
 
4
% taxa with British data
 

Notes
 
Data currently unassessed by a specialist for changes in nomenclature, new species to the British list, new interactions, errors in original sources, and misspellings.; ;
Notes on Sources
 
Most recent source
 

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Source
 
Allen, A.A. (1984) Comments on 1954 edition of Coleopterist's Handbook :8

 

 

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