Featured speciesText © K. Reißmann, T. Hörren, M. Stern, F. Bötzl and C. Benisch
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17.12.2021
Aderus populneus (Creutz., 1796)
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The 1.8 to 2.3 mm large antlike leaf beetle Aderus populneus (family Aderidae) is the only representative of the genus in Germany. The eurytopic and xylodetricolous species is known to occur from North Africa over Central Europe (without the far North) to Russia, the Caucasus and Syria. In the 1940s it was also imported into North America and is meanwhile established. Aderus populneus lives in the planar and colline zone. The larvae develop in dead wood of various deciduous trees. After pupation in late summer, the beetles hatch in autumn, hibernate and appear in May of the following year. The can be found on shrubs and dead branches using a beating tray. In Germany, the species is recorded from all Federal States, but is rarely recorded and is regarded as vulnerable (RL 3). (CB)
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