Ablattaria laevigata

Ablattaria laevigata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Silphidae
Subfamily:	Silphinae
Tribe:	Silphini
Genus:	Ablattaria
Species:	A. laevigata
Binomial name
	Ablattaria laevigata; (Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms
	Ablattaria costulata Portevin, 1926; Ablattaria distinguenda Portevin, 1926; Ablattaria meridionalis Ganglbauer, 1899; Ablattaria punctata Portevin, 1926; Silpha gibba Brullé, 1832; Silpha polita Sulzer, 1776;

Ablattaria laevigata is a species of burying beetle or carrion beetle belonging to the family Silphidae.

Description[]

Ablattaria laevigata. Museum specimen

Ablattaria laevigata can reach a length of about 12–18 millimetres (0.47–0.71 in).^[2]

It has a semielliptical pronotum, which is not narrowed. Elytral punctuation is dense, with sparse thicker punctures.^[3]

These beetles are predators of terrestrial snails (Theba pisana, Monacha species, Xeropicta species, and Candidula species). They are able to penetrate the snail shells.^[4]

Distribution[]

This species is present in most of Europe and in the Near East.^[5]

References[]

^ Biolib
^ Beetle fauna of Germany
^ Fernando Prieto Piloña & Javier Pérez Valcárcel CATÁLOGO DE LOS SILPHIDAE Y AGYRTIDAE (COLEOPTERA) DE LA PENÍNSULA IBÉRICA E ISLAS BALEARES
^ Lloyd Vernon Knutson, Jean-Claude Vala Biology of Snail-Killing Sciomyzidae Flies
^ Fauna europaea

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[1] Biolib

[2] Beetle fauna of Germany

[3] Fernando Prieto Piloña & Javier Pérez Valcárcel CATÁLOGO DE LOS SILPHIDAE Y AGYRTIDAE (COLEOPTERA) DE LA PENÍNSULA IBÉRICA E ISLAS BALEARES

[4] Lloyd Vernon Knutson, Jean-Claude Vala Biology of Snail-Killing Sciomyzidae Flies

[5] Fauna europaea

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