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Pselaphidae (short-winged mold beetles)

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The short-winged mold beetles (Psela­phidae) are a very speciose group with more than 9000 species scientifically described worldwide, especially diverse in the tropics. They have a very variable morphology. They Pselaphidae live chiefly in moist habitats, including the edges of bogs and marshes, under bark of dead trees, and especially in leaf litter and rotten wood. Some species are associated with ants. They are predatory on other small insects, e.g. nematodes, springtails and mites. In Germany 90 different species are known to occur.

World: 9000 Europe: n.a. Germany: 90 collected: 27 Missing species Overview in inquiry module fraction: 30%
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Missing species Pselaphidae (short-winged mold beetles) – currently missing species (63)
 Bibloporus ultimus
 Bibloporus minutus
 Bibloporus mayeti
 Pseudoplectus perplexus
 Bibloplectus tenebrosus
 Bibloplectus spinosus
 Bibloplectus ambiguus
 Bibloplectus minutissimus
 Bibloplectus obtusus
 Bibloplectus pusillus
 Euplectus nanus
 Euplectus piceus
 Euplectus decipiens
 Euplectus sparsus
 Euplectus infirmus
 Euplectus bescidicus
 Euplectus sanguineus
 Euplectus signatus
 Euplectus bonvouloiri
 Euplectus tholini
 Euplectus karsteni
 Euplectus fauveli
 Euplectus brunneus
 Euplectus duponti
 Leptoplectus spinolae
 Plectophloeus fleischeri
 Plectophloeus erichsoni
 Plectophloeus nubigena
 Plectophloeus rhenanus
 Plectophloeus fischeri
 Saulcyella schmidtii
 Trimium aemonae
 Trichonyx sulcicollis
 Amauronyx maerkelii
 Batrisodes hubenthali
 Batrisodes unisexualis
 Tychobythinus glabratus
 Tychobythinus bavaricus
 Bythinus burrelli
 Bythinus securiger
 Bythinus reichenbachi
 Bythinus confusus
 Bryaxis nodicornis
 Bryaxis carinula
 Bryaxis nigripennis
 Bryaxis glabricollis
 Bryaxis femoratus
 Tychus monilicornis
 Tychus normandi
 Brachygluta lefebvrei
 Brachygluta pandellei
 Brachygluta xanthoptera
 Brachygluta narentina
 Brachygluta trigonoprocta
 Brachygluta haemoptera
 Brachygluta tristis
 Brachygluta helferi
 Pselaphaulax dresdensis
 Pselaphus heisei
 Chennium bituberculatum
 Centrotoma lucifuga
 Ctenistes palpalis
 Claviger longicornis
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