Featured speciesText © K. Reißmann, T. Hörren, M. Stern, F. Bötzl and C. Benisch
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16.06.2023
Phytobaenus amabilis Sahlb., 1834
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The 2 to 2.8 mm large antlike leaf beetle Phytobaenus amabilis (family Aderidae) is the only member of the monotypic genus Phytobaenus worldwide. The Euro -Siberian species is distributed from Northern and Central Europe to Siberia and Japan. In Central Europe the species is scattered and extremely rare. In Germany it was considered lost (RL 0) for a long time until it was rediscovered in 2008 in the forest Bienwald (Rhineland-Palatinate). Meanwhile a few recent records are known from the Palatinate, Baden and Saxony-Anhalt. The stenotopic, silvicolous species prefers forest edges and clearings in old deciduous forests. The beetles can be found from May to July on old wood and on the vegetation near old trees. Most probably the development takes place in decaying hardwood. (CB)
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